Originally Posted by
70sSanO
As long as the bolt shoulder is the correct diameter...
That's the problem--it isn't the correct diameter. Hence my wanting to turn them down.
Originally Posted by
70sSanO
...and can be torqued flush against the crank, not too large in diameter to fit, you are removing material that was hopefully designed to hold the crank onto the bottom bracket. While the bolt shoulder is designed to pull the crank, its main function is to hold the crank in place.
The crank bolt in this particular system has TWO "main functions." If the shoulder surface is even just 1 mm wider than the hole in the crank arm, it will be enough to do what it needs to do. There is very little if any outward force on the crank arm.
I don't think I would ever consider using a crank removal tool--Park or otherwise. Wouldn't want to booger up the BB spindle--which was not designed to have a crank arm puller forced against it.