Have questions or want to discuss cycling? Join Now or Sign In to participate in the BikeRide community.

New: Vitesse Signal Giveaway's Winner Announced


Thread busted on right pedal crank
#41
(04-04-2011, 02:25 PM)zippy Wrote:  what I'm saying is that putting a pedal on could be much easier and you should not be able to destroy your crank in the process. All I did was try to screw on a pedal! I tried many times to screw it on proper straight but when all you have is a spanner theres not much you can do. So you put it on best you can like I did. I wasn't aware that it would be so fickle that it would destroy the thread within a day.

Even I could come up with a more foolproof connection device. In my experience threads are stupid things to have at high impact points because they're obviously vulnerable.

Come on. you tried to put the pedal on, met resistance and tightened the pedal anyway. Most home mechanics including myself have done that though mine is in the cloudy distant past. The problem with replacing cranks is that they all use one or two special tools. JB Weld is highly unlikely to work and failure COULD be serious to your body.
  Reply


Possibly Related Threads...

Forum Jump:

[-]
10 Latest Posts
Operation of Santa Monica Ebike
Yesterday 05:37 PM
Best Phone Mount and Best Headlight
Yesterday 04:34 PM
How many bikes do you have now?
Yesterday 04:30 PM
Pogačar's 2024 dominance
Yesterday 04:14 PM
Newbie from , Texas
Yesterday 04:12 PM
What are the best maintenance practices ...
Yesterday 04:07 PM
MTB Night Lighting - What are recommenda...
12-27-2024 10:32 AM
What's your most favourite track in your...
12-26-2024 08:08 PM
Biking with helmet laws
12-26-2024 02:15 PM
The deadliest U.S. counties for cyclists
12-26-2024 01:37 PM

[-]
Join BikeRide on Strava
Feel free to join if you are on Strava: www.strava.com/clubs/bikeridecom

[-]
Top 5 Posters This Month
no avatar 1. Alexjohnson
33 posts
no avatar 2. GirishH
20 posts
no avatar 3. Flowrider
10 posts
no avatar 4. JeffAP
9 posts
no avatar 5. enkei
9 posts