Hi All.
A long time ago I came up with a method of removing the sludge tube without damaging them
Recently I saw on "Britbike where one of the contributors came up with the same idea but "maybe" a little more refined
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My version consists of a 4in. length of threaded bar with nut and washer, it is drilled across near one end 1/4in.
The second part is a piece of 6mm round bar 16-17mm long (11/16)
Remove the end plug and radial bolt, poke out enough crud until the 1/2in threaded bar will slide inside the tube, line up the cross drilled hole with the radial bolt hole then drop the piece of 6mm bar into the hole and push it all the way down, now tighten the nut washer against the crank web pulling out the tube undamaged
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This took longer to type than making the "tool"
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On the "Britbike" version the cross hole is tapped and the pin is screwed in
John