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That old mechanic who told me to always grease pedal threads was right
I skipped the grease on a set of pedals last month thinking it'd be fine and now i can't get the left one off without risking ruining the crank arm, anyone else learn this lesson the hard way?
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jennysullivan1mo ago
Man, how do people still skip this step? It's like basic bike mechanic 101 and it comes back to bite you every single time. Did you try the old trick of spraying penetrating oil around the pedal spindle and letting it sit for a day before you even think about wrenching on it? That's saved my bacon more than once on seized pedals. Because once you strip the threads on that crank arm, you're looking at either a helicoil or a whole new crank, which is way more expensive than a tube of grease.
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norag6627d ago
Spraying penetrating oil is usually a waste of time if you just use a real pedal wrench with some length on it. I've pulled hundreds of pedals off old bikes at the co-op and never bothered with that stuff. A sharp hammer tap on the crank arm right near the threads breaks the bond way faster than waiting 24 hours for oil to creep in. Stripping threads happens when people use the wrong size wrench or twist at a bad angle, not because they skipped a spray.
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hayden7091mo ago
Oh yeah @jennysullivan, the penetrating oil trick is a lifesaver. I learned that one the hard way after I stripped a set of cranks years ago and spent way too much on replacements.
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