Removing Pedals

mtb.boy
mtb.boy Posts: 208
edited September 2007 in MTB workshop & tech
I bought some new pedals for my 5 year old Trek 4100. Trouble is I can not get the old ones off. I have tried using a big spanner and two people holding the bike down (cos it lifts up with the force) and they aint budging. Sprayed WD40 on the bolt bit and that still not working. So then I tried to take my crank arms off so that I could try taking my pedals off by putting the cranks in a vice. So I undid the left handside bolt for the crank arm and that will not come off, tried pulling, kicking, hitting with hammer and levering with crowbar.

HELP.
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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,673
    read parktools.

    linky below.

    to reomove cranks you need the correct tools and the pedals need to be turned the correct way.

    All the info is on parktools.
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  • Pubert
    Pubert Posts: 89
    i have a problem with my v8's a while back where i could not get one of them off. I also used everything i could thing of, try placing the spanner on the nut then giving it taps with a hammer, maybe make the taps harder and harder. This worked for me, keep putting WD40 on aswell.

    Hope this helps.

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  • dan1983
    dan1983 Posts: 314
    I had a similar problem with mine. I used a screwdriver to hit the pedal from the back, not too hard but just hard enough to shock it into moving, This worked. Not too hard though or you'll knack the thread on the pedal.
  • BikerDan
    BikerDan Posts: 188
    Both pedals loosen towards the back of the bike and tighten towards the front. You probably already know this but im just tryin to help!!
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  • lukesaddy
    lukesaddy Posts: 64
    lol, embarrasing, i thought i had the same problem on my BMX, turns out it was a backwards thread and i didnt realise lo, so anyway me and my dad tried for ages to get the pedal off and in the end he stood on the spanner and the top snapped off, now he has stole my free pedal spanner from MBUK to replace it.,
    anyway moral of the sotry is, always try both ways
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  • formerlyknownasbonj
    formerlyknownasbonj Posts: 483
    apparently you get a better mechanical advantage if the spanner is next to the crank arm, rather than carrying on the same way, if you know what i mean.
    i.e. have the pedal you're trying to remove at the bottom, and the spanner going up (and move the spanner towards the back of the bike), or have the pedal you're trying to remove at the top (with someone standing on the other one), and the spanner going down towards the floor, and try to move it towards the front of the bike.
    hth
    bonj
  • mtb.boy
    mtb.boy Posts: 208
    Thanks for the assistance. I eventually got them off - but it still took 20 more mins of blood sweat and tears.
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  • lost-time
    lost-time Posts: 549
    I know you've done it now but remember.... Right is Tight, Left is Loosen BUT on a pedal Left is WRONG. In other words on the left hand pedal right is loosen and vice-versa.

    Removing mine the other day I slipped and stupidly my hand came down onto the chainrings! A nice series of gauges now inflict pain across my palm!

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