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Truvativ Elita GXP 170mm Left Crank Arm Replacement

Old 07-07-21, 07:32 PM
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Truvativ Elita GXP 170mm Left Crank Arm Replacement

My pedal on the left crank arm was cross threaded and as I tried to remove the pedal, I stripped the treads on the crank arm. Anyone know a crank arm that could serve as a replacement for the Truvativ Elita GXP 170mm. The crankset is on a cycle genius RDX. There are some other repairs I had in mind like rethreading the crank arm, but I thought I would see if there is a crank arm I could use as a replacement.

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Old 07-07-21, 07:36 PM
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A repair using a Helicoil® insert is another possibility, it will make stronger threads than the original.
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Old 07-07-21, 07:42 PM
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Do you have any recommendations on a kit I should use. The pedals I have are 9/16", so what kind of kit should I get?
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https://www.google.com/search?q=heli...client=gws-wiz

For a "one of" repair, it'd probably make more sense to pay a bike shop to do it.
The L crank is L threaded, and that's where it gets expensive for the the L hand tap.
The R side is a common 9/16"x20 where the tooling/inserts are far more common.
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Options

Possible options...?
$20
$55

A repair won't be real cheap

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Old 07-08-21, 03:03 PM
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Thanks Barry2 for the links. The first one is exactly the part I need. I don't know how I missed it when looking for the crank. I already bought a set from ebay for roughly 40 dollars which was just put up two days ago. If I didn't buy that one, I would have gotten this one.

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