How to remove a DUB crankset with a rounded\stripped extractor bolt?

[Shebeen]

On 8/14/2025 at 4:25 PM, droo said:

Replacement bolts are cheapish.

 

40 minutes ago, guidodg said:

 

it would appear NOT!!!

[droo]

1 hour ago, Shebeen said:

 

it would appear NOT!!!

Sheesh. No wonder I'm poor.

[guidodg]

yeah, local SRAM prices are ridiculous....hope the agency changes soon...

[DieselnDust]

5 hours ago, Shebeen said:

 

it would appear NOT!!!

Half the price of a decent tyre 

R200 cheaper than a cheap inner chain ring 

perspective 

[DieselnDust]

3 hours ago, guidodg said:

yeah, local SRAM prices are ridiculous....hope the agency changes soon...

Your wish has come true but it won’t change pricing. That part is priced at €22.00 in theEU . R2Bike has it for €12.18

+shipping and it’s not far from kr more expensive than R450. I paid R420 at my lbs I. Southern suburbs 

[guidodg]

https://share.temu.com/b2nXRrK29FB

[DieselnDust]

9 hours ago, guidodg said:

https://share.temu.com/b2nXRrK29FB

Order and let us know if it’s a fake or genuine part 

<reopens online imports vs walk-in bricks and mortor>

[Buff_CT]

18 hours ago, guidodg said:

ok, sorted thanks to RA Cycles in Smst West....and they had a SRAM DUB steel extractor bolt to sell me!

 

It's rip offs like this that will eventually kill the local bike industry.

It's time for the struggling LBS's to out pressure on the suppliers to stop this madness.

It would probably be cheaper for an engineering firm to custom make that part.

 

[Headshot]

Change to Shimano and never have this issue again...

[DieselnDust]

53 minutes ago, Buff_CT said:

 

It's rip offs like this that will eventually kill the local bike industry.

It's time for the struggling LBS's to out pressure on the suppliers to stop this madness.

It would probably be cheaper for an engineering firm to custom make that part.

 

lets see their quote for a custom M16x1 high tensile hollow bolt

[michaelbiker]

19 hours ago, Headshot said:

Change to Shimano and never have this issue again...

Except with Shimano your crank can just spontaneously delaminate or fall off. I’d rather have the headache off the bike than on it. 

[thebob]

21 hours ago, Headshot said:

Change to Shimano and never have this issue again...

Cause Coolheat never has stock or cause Shimano doesn't supply basic spare parts?

[Headshot]

25 minutes ago, thebob said:

Cause Coolheat never has stock or cause Shimano doesn't supply basic spare parts?

Sorry that went over my head. I have a 2013 SLX crank that I remove regularly without issue. It's way easier to deal with than the dub style removal system on my wife's carbon Truvativ crank. 

[thebob]

12 minutes ago, Headshot said:

Sorry that went over my head. I have a 2013 SLX crank that I remove regularly without issue. It's way easier to deal with than the dub style removal system on my wife's carbon Truvativ crank. 

SRAM's pricing is stupid, but they usually have parts in stock and available. Shimano also doesn't make basic items available. Brake pistons being my main bugbear.

[DieselnDust]

39 minutes ago, Headshot said:

Sorry that went over my head. I have a 2013 SLX crank that I remove regularly without issue. It's way easier to deal with than the dub style removal system on my wife's carbon Truvativ crank. 

YEah older Shimano cranks were bulletproof. The M960 XTR I bought in 2002 is still going strong but I've run out of spare chainrings and Wolftooth is out of stock to convert it to a 1x system (uses a stupid 102mm BCD fr the middle and outer-rings- Csixx don't make these either and it will likely be expensive)

The 54N.m torque required to hold the crank is just silly. Cannondale Hollowgram's interface is free to use but that would be a slap in the face for the likes of Shimano and SRAM so everyone has a stupid work around. The Hollowgram/SRAM/PRaxis Works/ Race Face style crank interfaces are just adaptations of the square taper and Octolink BB crank interfaces. They work, but ya well everyone wants to be different so we're stuck with endless standards thanks to trivial patents

26 minutes ago, thebob said:

SRAM's pricing is stupid, but they usually have parts in stock and available. Shimano also doesn't make basic items available. Brake pistons being my main bugbear.

SRAM pricing is higher yes. Look at the number of MTB teams they sponsor. They have been the technology leader in cycling components since the mid 2000's in both road and especially MTB and now Gravel. That alone justifies their higher price positioning. 

Higher prices t bricks and motor vs online imports is not unique to SRAM. It's the same for Campagnolo, Shimano and almost every other bicycle component brand. If you want good value and global pricing then Wheeltop, Ltwoo and other Chinese brands is were the value is at.

[Alouette3]

On 8/20/2025 at 11:01 PM, guidodg said:

https://share.temu.com/b2nXRrK29FB

Made out of an Aluminium cheese, softer then Hollands best Gouda

The whole thread idea was to replace with a steel bolts to do away with the aluminium