Levo Gen 3 Crank Arm Removal

[seanallgire]

Just got some new cranks for my gen 3 Turbo Levo Expert and I want to make sure I understand how to remove the existing crank arms before going all gorilla on them and doing something stupid.

I watched videos of removing crank arms on Levos and in each case an 8mm and some elbow grease seems like all it takes. I tried to remove mine and they went like a quarter turn without a ton of effort and then I hit major resistance.

For anyone that's swapped out their cranks, do you just keep at it or is there something I'm missing?

I’ve removed self-extracting cranks before, just not on an e-bike with an expensive motor to worry about messing up!

 

[James_C]

they do feel a bit odd coming off. it must be the resistance as it starts to self extract. You could gently tap the crank arm with a soft hammer or wood etc to free it a bit

 

[seanallgire]

I got them off. Just did the leap of faith and really cranked on it going counter-clockwise. Thanks!

Edit - added some pics. 5 Dev cranks (the silver ones definitely pop more on my Jeffsy, but I’m not going for pop on the Levo )

 

[BushLevo]

I've removed my Levo cranks a few times. It really requires a fair degree of torque on the allen wrench for the self-extracting process.

 

[iadmtb]

I got them off. Just did the leap of faith and really cranked on it going counter-clockwise. Thanks!

Edit - added some pics. 5 Dev cranks (the silver ones definitely pop more on my Jeffsy, but I’m not going for pop on the Levo )

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Did you go with 155 or 160 cranks? Looks great by the way!

 

[seanallgire]

Did you go with 155 or 160 cranks? Looks great by the way!

Thanks! I went 160

 

[eightdown]

Reviving this old thread because I just put the same cranks on my Gen 3. Just curious, did you just tighten them to 40nm and be done with it? Reason I ask is because it seems like they could keep going on a bit more. There’s no play or anything, just a bit of space