Tuesday, December 17, 2019
The Naples Holiday Boat Parade -- December 14 (Saturday)
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| Before the parade... Some boats getting ready... |
Removed the Shimano 600 crankset from the Miele Bike
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| Using a crank puller tool to remove the crank arms. |
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| After removal... |
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| The top potion of the tool is threaded into the crank arm, then the black hex portion is turned, which pushed on the center of the spindle to "un-press" the crank arm from the tapered square shaft of the spindle (basically working as a puller). |
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| The black center potion of the puller is just small enough to go through the square hole in the center of the crank arm. |
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| LH side of the bottom bracket (that's what the bearing assembly is called) and the spindle |
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| RH side of the bottom bracket and the spindle. Pretty dirty... |
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| This is the tool, all assembled |
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| The silver round tip on the bottom of this picture comes off of the shaft (not permanently attached). In the case of the Miele bike, I took off the silver piece to pull out the crank arm. There are different types of crank arms and bottom brackets where the silver piece would need to be used... |
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| The other end of the tool is a socket that can be used to take off the bolt that goes into the spindle (I had previously removed these bolts on the Miele bike). |
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| The socket is reversible and can be used for a 14 or 15 mm head bolt. It's a very clever design. |
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| The drive side crank arm assembly after removal. |
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| Back side of the crank arm and the two gears. |
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| FC-6207 (175 mm crank arm length) |
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| Biopace is Shimano's name for an oval chain ring that was supposed to even out the rider's effort when pedaling. I've not ridden a bike with an oval chain ring... |
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| The big ring is 53 teeth and the small ring is 42 teeth. On today's road bikes, these gears tend to be much smaller. |
Snap-on -- BF 611 USA -- Body Hammer (before & after cleaning)
After cleaning (the wood needs to be stained still)
After the wood handle was sanded and stained...
