Removing a pedal

[Gwylan]

Apart from making sure you are unscrewing in the right direction, any hints?

Replacing the pedals on my ebike. They were cheap and needed replacing.

Not moving. Tried the Allen key abd the spanner method.
WD40 abd all its friends and relations.

Do not want to damage the crank, obviously. My next thoughts are the hot air gun.

If that fails, carefully drill it out until it can be removed.

Suggestions based on experience much appreciated. The replacement pedals will have copper ease applied. Stable doors and bolted horses

 

[T4tomo]

leverage, i.e long pedal spanner an or extension on it.

also position spanner so you can grip both crank and spanner in both hands and squeeze them together...

 

[MichaelW2]

Use your feet.
Highest gear.
Apply brakes
Crank forward and up
Spanner rear and up.
Stand on spanner and apply more weight gradually.

 

[MichaelW2]

grip both crank and spanner in both hands and squeeze them together...

Wear protective gloves.

 

[ColinJ]

We tackled this in another thread very recently when someone else had a stuck pedal. Let me have a look... HERE!

 

[Gwylan]

Use your feet.
Highest gear.
Apply brakes
Crank forward and up
Spanner rear and up.
Stand on spanner and apply more weight gradually.

Thank you, but that was all a bit soft. The pedal just stayed there and smirked at me.
I forgot to mention that I had reached the point of having replaced one and getting resistance from the other.
What sort of cad could dream of riding bike with odd pedals,could they?

So I'd moved on to the bigger hammer and a spanner. The Allen key needs some refurbishing.
The hot air gun was the game changer.
Brute force prevailed without obvious damage

Liberal, but sensible, amounts of copper ease were included in the rebuild.

 

[Gwylan]

Wear protective gloves.

Ah! Thank you. Good advice and common sense. The bruises should heal. The bleeding is not severe

 

[Gwylan]

Posted at 1400 and here we are at 1510. Job jobbed.
Smudge the job finished time to 15.35 and head for the hills. Boss will never know.
Thanks for the sensible and effective advice and encouragement

 

[T4tomo]

Wear protective gloves.

no need with my method, your hands cant slip onto the chainring and if the pedal eases and starts to undo you are simply closing your hands together. You are also using the combine strength of two hands.

now chain whips and tight cassettes are a good knuckle skinner.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Posted at 1400 and here we are at 1510. Job jobbed.
Smudge the job finished time to 15.35 and head for the hills. Boss will never know.
Thanks for the sensible and effective advice and encouragement

Solved via which method(s)?

 

[Ridgeway]

Best tip by far is to make sure you use some decent anti-seize grease when installing them🤔

 

[Paulus]

Best tip by far is to make sure you use some decent anti-seize grease when installing them🤔

Or a thin smear of any grease in reality.

 

[grldtnr]

I never overtighten my pedals, mind you I am a bit of a gorilla,who enjoys rowing sports!

 

[GuyBoden]

leverage, i.e long pedal spanner an or extension on it.

also position spanner so you can grip both crank and spanner in both hands and squeeze them together...

I was intrigued, so I just had a go in the garage.

Result, for this method to work it will depend on where the spanner flats are positioned on the crank.

 

[Gwylan]

Solved via which method(s)?

Best described as brute force and pig ignorance.

Some fake WD40, sit down and have a cup of tea.
Then the hot air gun. Warm enough to make a difference.
Then the spanner and lump hammer.

The key was realising I had been tightening. Changed direction of hammering and it all came together. Well apart actually.

For the fact freaks, my bike has a belt drive.


Who ever said pigs are ignorant?
Is that piggist?

I was obviously ignorant of the direction that I should be trying to release the pedal