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Post by Spoakes on May 4, 2014 20:55:17 GMT
Ok so my peddles are clicking when I put pressure on the left crank doesn't matter where it is in rotation. It still does it.
Can they be disassembled and regreased and reassembled ?
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Post by ianmoss on May 5, 2014 9:33:00 GMT
If you take them off and grease the treads, put them back on they should be better. The noise usually comes from the face of the crank arm agains the pedal flange when they are dry. (2 different metals) give that a go first.
Pedals are usually a sealed bearing, depending on which model you have, cheaper ones are sealed, so the whole pedal is binned and replaced cheaply. (Hard earned cash and all that!!)
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Post by Spoakes on May 5, 2014 9:46:38 GMT
Just thought I'd get more than 800 miles out of them and longer than a 8 months
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Post by Spoakes on May 5, 2014 9:47:40 GMT
Thanks for info ianmoss will try greasing thread and tightening
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Post by johnc60 on May 5, 2014 15:50:53 GMT
My left hand pedal started clicking about three weeks ago. Took pedal off, greased with copper grease, put back on and no more clicking. (Also greased right pedal while I was at it).
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Post by captslog on May 5, 2014 18:14:09 GMT
My left hand pedal started clicking about three weeks ago. Took pedal off, greased with copper grease, put back on and no more clicking. (Also greased right pedal while I was at it). What I was going to say. I've run out of copper grease, but I know that's the stuff that your should use.
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Post by Spoakes on May 5, 2014 20:30:15 GMT
So regular grease for the chain is a no no then?
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Post by Spoakes on May 5, 2014 20:30:49 GMT
Sorry meant for the ball bearings is a no no .....the other stuff is lube
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Post by captslog on May 6, 2014 8:20:51 GMT
SpoakesCopper grease is for anti-seize. You put it on parts that you want to tighten up but would like to get off again in the future. I'm not at all certain why it stops things like pedals from 'clicking'. You'd think that if something was tight enough, it wouldn't be clicking anyway. You're right in thinking that this grease shouldn't be used on roller bearings though, or generally on moving parts.
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2014 14:07:21 GMT
Good webpage here about stripping down pedals if people need to do that. Key part for me is part filling the pedal body with grease before re-fitting the shaft so grease is forced out when you tighten things up. Bit of a messy job and watch those bearings when taking things apart as they are very small. www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help/spd-pedal-overhaul
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Post by Spoakes on May 9, 2014 8:13:43 GMT
Thanks for info. I've done my back (ahem swinging from the chandelier) so won't be riding my bike for a bit so will try these things before buying new set of pedals.
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Post by denkfaul on May 9, 2014 13:16:48 GMT
I had the same problem, simply taking them off and screwing them back on did the trick (yes, switched it off and on again)
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Post by Spoakes on May 17, 2014 14:34:26 GMT
Sprayed 3in1copper grease on the threads and it's all quiet on the southern front Thanks for the advice ! What a forum now if I could only get my sons gears working again after replacing the chain it's never gone right.
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Post by captslog on May 18, 2014 15:03:48 GMT
Son had a creaky saddle which was annoying him. We thought that was the pedals too, and I took them off and greased them. It was only when i leant on the seat that I realised where the creak was coming from, cured with a drop of "dry lube" (chain stuff, essentially wax) on the rails. Mister Sheen is my usual preferred method for this sort of thing, that mostly does the trick.
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Post by sonnnet on Jul 25, 2014 23:32:38 GMT
Thanks guys for this thread. I've had a click on right pedal only for ages and only at the very beginning of my downstroke - just about on every revolution. I've got Shimano SPD 540s (not SL). It's almost inaudible, but I feel it right across the axle on the base of my shoe. I thought the pedal(s) might be loose, or the crank arms or the chain rings but they were all nice and tight. So grease is the word, it seems. Will give it a whirl. Hope that's it as it's been like having a steering wheel down my shorts (it's been driving me nuts).
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