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Trouble detaching pedals

  • 20-06-2010 7:05pm
    #1
    DeadMan1
    Registered Users Posts: 72 ✭✭


    Hi guys,

    I'm having trouble detaching a set of Look KeO pedals ... I'm used to normal pedals that you detach with a spanner but these seem to require an 8mm allen key ...

    But i can't get enough force to detach them. They seem really stuck.

    Am I doing it wrong, or do I need some mechanised assistance?

    thanks
    DM


Comments

  • #2
    copacetic
    Subscribers Posts: 16,592 ✭✭✭✭copacetic


    Proably just need a longer allen key, or a sleeve over the one you have to extend it. pedals can really get on tight. Remember one of them comes off the opposite from the way you would expect too!


  • #3
    murph226
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,385 ✭✭✭murph226


    one of them is probably a left hand thread so will need to be opened in a clockwise direction, have you tried putting a bit of pipe or a spanner over the allen key for more leverage?

    Too late:o


  • #4
    ednwireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,460 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    tap the allen key with a hammer (make sure your going the right way !)
    had to do this once, normally anti seize pedal threads so rarely have the problem

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  • #5
    iregk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,235 ✭✭✭iregk


    Did you put greese on them before fitting them to the bike? If not, you could be in trouble!!!!


  • #6
    cosman9373
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 210 ✭✭cosman9373


    iregk wrote: »
    Did you put greese on them before fitting them to the bike? If not, you could be in trouble!!!!


    +1. and wd40 them also, loosen them up a bit.


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  • #7
    SubLuminal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 438 ✭✭SubLuminal


    Remember that the left hand side (I think) is reverse threaded. So if you're trying to loosen it by turning it the normal way, you're tightening it. If you use leverage on this to 'tighten' it more, you'll strip the threads. Be careful!


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