Tools for installation:
- All Campagnolo road cranksets from 1996 to the present, use an 8 mm allen wrench to tighten or loosen the bolt that fastens the crank arms to the bottom bracket spindle.
- To install a Campagnolo crank you only need a good quality, extra long, 8 mm allen wrench such as the Park HR-8C.
- To remove a 1996 to present, Campagnolo crank you will need an 8 mm allen wrench and a crank puller.
Older, 1990 to 1996 Campagnolo C-Record cranks sometimes came with a 7 mm allen head crank fixing bolt. Those cranks require a special left hand thread crank puller which is listed below. All other Campagnolo cranks may be removed with a normal, right hand thread, crank puller. Both Park and Campy make excellent quality, right hand thread, crank pullers which are pictured below.
The Park CCP-2 crank puller is designed for use with cranks that fit on tapered bottom bracket spindles only. It will work on new Campagnolo and older Shimano cranks. Newer Shimano cranks with the splined, oversize bottom bracket spindle require a Park CCP-4 puller, part number TL-70-15 for $11.88.
- We use a Park 3 Way allen wrench to tighten or loosen chain ring bolts. It fits in our hands well, gives just the right amount of leverage and unlike "L" wrenches, keeps our fingers well away from the sharp, chain ring teeth.
- For Campagnolo and other brands of Carbon cranks we use a Park TWS-2 folding Torx wrench to tighten or loosen chain ring bolts. It fits in our hands well, gives just the right amount of leverage and unlike "L" wrenches, keeps our fingers well away from the sharp, chain ring teeth.
The Park TWS-2 combines the wrench sizes widely used on bicycle components (T7, T8, T10, T15, T20, T25, T30, and T40) in a convenient fold-up set. The green composite handle is extremely strong (stronger than steel handles), comfortable to use, and slip resistant.
- A chain ring nut wrench is essential to keep the slotted rear nut from spinning around. Campagnolo wrenches fit all chainring nuts. Park and Shimano wrenches fit Shimano and most other nuts and will work ok with Camapagnolo nuts. If you file 1 mm off each side they will fit Campy chain nuts perfectly and work better than than the original Campy tool. The Shimano Chain Ring nut tool also has two pins that fit their crank bolt dust cover.
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