03.03.09

Taking the pedals off of bikes

Posted in tips and repairs at 12:42 am by Administrator

It took me ages to figure this out. It probably shouldn’t have but it did cos I suck.

If you are taking pedals off then make sure that you have a proper open ended spanner for the job. I used to use a tiny little shifting spanner but it kept slipping and I stuffed up a few pedals. So I went out and got a proper, thin profile, 15 mm, open ended spanner. Who would have thought that the right tools for the job would have made things easier. Derr!!

Any once you have your spanner fit it to the pedal right next to the crank. To figure out the way to turn it to undo the pedal, try to turn the nut in both directions. The direction that turns the pedals in a backwards direction (the non-drive direction) is the right one to undo the pedals. Then put your foot on the pedal to hold it still and turn the spanner. Presto, the thing should loosen up. Then repeat the process on the other side. Its the non drive direction thats the key to knowing which way to go.

Also when putting pedals back on make sure that they go on the correct side or you’ll really stuff your bike up and cost yourself lots of money.

Hope that helps someone out there.

Tc

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