Originally Posted by
tiger1964
I guess I have been lucky. I always just grab one and go at it. A few days ago, used the Park to pull Campy cranks that have been in place for 40+ years, no trouble at all. I do have a Campy tool and in the future, might reach for that first after reading all this.
Yep and we usually get away with it as the threads are normally ok but if not and maybe they have also been compromised in some way and it goes south in a hurry.
Makes a good argument for cleaning and carefully inspecting them before slamming a tool in.