[CR]re: 165mm cottered Raleigh crank

In-Reply-To: <20061007.120625.816.0.alfeng@juno.com>
References: <20061007.120625.816.0.alfeng@juno.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2006 14:56:01 -0400
To: Al Feng <alfeng@juno.com>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Subject: [CR]re: 165mm cottered Raleigh crank

Al Feng wrote:
>I have 1976 Raleigh Record (yeah, very low end) which has a 165mm
>cottered "Raleigh" (crane impression on arm) crank.

Actually, I believe that's a heron...
>I'm having trouble removing the cotter pins ...

See: http://sheldonbrown.com/cotters
>Is the crank worth saving OR should I just grind it off the BB spindle?

See: http://sheldonbrown.com/raleigh26

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