Jaffacakes Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 (edited) Basically I have got some new cranks and I have got the replaceable part from my onza cranks which stops your cranks being rounded off stuck on my pedal, and I can't get it off so will I need new pedals? Here is some pics anyway. Edited January 20, 2006 by Jaffacakes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave85 Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Cant quite see in the pictures, but the thread for the locknut on the end looks a bit buggered. Try cleaning the whole lot up, screwing it back in and putting the locknut on the back as tight as you can. Then try taking the pedal out again. Otherwise give it a REALLY good clean and some araldite on the threads and leave it for a day or so before trying again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSuave Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 clamp the part you want to remove from the pedal seriously tight in some mole grips or stillsons or a vice, then heat that part up with a blowtorch for around a minute then try to remove it by inserting an allen key in the pedal axle and turning. metal expands with heat so it should loosen. used this technique many a time when pedals have seized in cranks etc.....u m ay have to heat for longer, or more than once but it always works for me in the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMunn Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 The pedal thread insert from the crank has come out, just clamp it up in a vice nice and tight, then undo the pedal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave85 Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 If its tight enough that its come out of the crank, its tight enough that clamping it up in the vice will distort it and make it useless. Heat works but its a faff compared with putting it back together properly and trying again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaffacakes Posted January 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 I'll have to buy a blowtorch I think. The pedal was in very tight to the crank, it took about 5 mins of strugling to get it out . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat hudson Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 araldite it in, then try removing the pedal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaffacakes Posted January 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 what's araldite? I'm guessing I could get some from B&Q. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCOTTY___ Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 (edited) Are you going to reuse the pedal arms?If not just slap the thread insert into a vice and swing on the pedal with a large spanner But most likley the threads will be bugged!! On the thread insert Craig Edited January 20, 2006 by Echo_Scotty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Word to the Hud-man On both my Muscleman and Tensile crank arms, the inserts have come out with the pedals, so I just araldited (it's basic epoxy resin; can get it from places like Motorworld for bugger all. Comes in 2 tubes, you mix 'em up then slap 'em on) the insert back into the crank arm. Make sure you don't get any on the pedal's spindle though as well as the insert, or it's curtains Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe b Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Use the blowtorch method! The metal will expand, wont it? Cheers,Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swize Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 -->QUOTE(joe b @ Jan 20 2006, 08:32 PM) ←Use the blowtorch method! The metal will expand, wont it? Cheers,Joe.Yeers but there normaly on god dam tight anyway so your still left with the problem of getting it off. As people have suggested above use the arildite methord. I can't spell i know .Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaffacakes Posted January 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 I think I will go with go with the araldite, although fire is very tempting . Would I be able to get some from hellfrouds? Wouldn't super glue work just as good, or anything that bonds pretty stongly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 To be honest, I know araldite works well. You don't have to buy a new pedal insert, you don't have to worry about anything. But the main thing is that it does work - I don't know if superglue will, as epoxy resins seems to just be a bit stronger, basically...They're both about the smae price though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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