Removing pedals
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User6179
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Leverage is the key , In the past I would use a metal pole slipped onto a spanner .
ayceejay
Guru
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- Rural Quebec
First make sure you are turning in the right direction then give the end of the spanner a light tap with a hammer.
+1 Breaking the bond is the key.
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
how does it go... pedals vertical, foot on the lower pedal, spanner on high pedal, pointing towards rear front of bike (thanks colin), pull up on spanner, keep bike on floor using pressure from foot on the lower pedal (you should be leaning over the bike). Doesn't matter which pedal you're undoing this way... but you might benefit from a longer spanner.
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
You are just testing us, aren't you - that tightens up the pedals!
I remember it as the right side pedal having the 'right' thread (tightens clockwise, as usual) and the left side has the 'wrong' thread (tightens anticlockwise).
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
You just need a pedal spanner and to make sure you're turning it the correct way, which is actually the wrong way but it's right if you know what I mean.
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
yes you're right... spanner pointing towards FRONT of bike to undo... doesn't matter which pedal you're undoing though.You are just testing us, aren't you - that tightens up the pedals!
I remember it as the right side pedal having the 'right' thread (tightens clockwise, as usual) and the left side has the 'wrong' thread (tightens anticlockwise).
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User6179
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"Back off" is how I remember how to do it, spanner on pedal facing back of bike and push down
Roadrider48
Voice of the people
- Location
- Londonistan
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I put a pile of books under the crank to stop it moving, and then stand on the pedal spanner. That has managed to undo every stubborn pedal that I ever tried it on!
PS And avoids the knuckles on chain ring danger! (I did that once, and made damn sure not to do it again!)
PS And avoids the knuckles on chain ring danger! (I did that once, and made damn sure not to do it again!)
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
I was always taught to pull a spanner rather than push it... to save knuckles
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User6179
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I was always taught to pull a spanner rather than push it... to save knuckles
Punched myself in the face once doing it that way
I use an ordinary 6" spanner: put this on the pedal, pointing horizontally towards the rear. Hold the pedal with the ball of your foot and put your heel on the spanner. Transfer your weight to your heel to loosen the pedal. This will work for both sides, as the LH pedal has a LH thread. You do not need a special spanner.
