Stubborn pedal! Help please...

snollup

Evening all,

Am having a bit of trouble removing an old spd pedal. It's the right side one. The chainring has already bitten my once and it was quite bloody

Any tips on removing this or should I just drop it into my LBS?

Thanks in advance.

SubLuminal

Lefty loosey righty tighty?

Its the right hand side so "normal" threaded..

I was taking some pedals off today and it drove me nuts, kept getting confused which way to turn!

72hundred

Get a rag, drench it in WD40, tie it around the pedal/crank joint. Leave it for 48h'rs, reapplying WD40 morning & evening. Try to remove it on Wed night. If it doesn't come off the you've to bring it to a LBS.

Raam

To protect your hand, wear a glove or wrap your hand in a tea towel.

cdaly_

Taking pedals off is the annoying way. You turn the spanner the same way as the freewheel turns so it becomes awkward to loosen them...

It might help to stand on the pedal with one foot and on the end of the spanner with the other to get it started.

Be sure to grease the threads before you refit them.

snollup

Thanks lads, will give it another crack this eve.

TinyExplosions

Raam wrote: »

To protect your hand, wear a glove or wrap your hand in a tea towel.

Or use another boardsie to take the pain for you, eh Raam?

snollup

TinyExplosions wrote: »

Or use another boardsie to take the pain for you, eh Raam?

Volunteers welcome!

Raam

TinyExplosions wrote: »

Or use another boardsie to take the pain for you, eh Raam?

Hey, I gave you my glove

TinyExplosions

Raam wrote: »

Hey, I gave you my glove

And all you asked for in return was some skin off my knuckles

langdang

On a mountainbike I wouldn't be afraid to use extra leverage - put 3 feet of pipe over the spanner (make sure the spanner is a good fit!).

Maybe on lightweight road gear I'd soak it a bit longer in WD40 and use the softly softly approach

I usually smear a small bit of copper grease on pedals when installing to avoid steel axles cold-welding onto alloy cranks...

blorg

I'd use leverage on a road bike too, there is no major difference in strength between the cranks.

On the chainring thing it is always advised to have your chain on the big ring when removing pedals; much less damage will be done if you then slip onto it.

SubLuminal

blorg wrote: »

On the chainring thing it is always advised to have your chain on the big ring when removing pedals; much less damage will be done if you then slip onto it.

Good tip, never thought of that.

snollup

blorg wrote: »

On the chainring thing it is always advised to have your chain on the big ring when removing pedals; much less damage will be done if you then slip onto it.

Must remember that!