Pedal problems after first ride.

timmer
timmer Posts: 6
edited August 2008 in Road beginners
After years of commuting on a hybrid, I 've just been out for my first ride on my new Giant SCR4.

Really enjoyed it, but by the end I noticed a slight twisting in my right leg.

The right pedal is cross-threaded and won't fully screw in and I can't correct the misalignment.

What can I do? Can I get the crank re-threaded? Or anything else I can try?

Thanks for any help...

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  • ris
    ris Posts: 392
    if you bought the bike new then i would take it back to the shop to get the pedal checked over. if it is cross-threaded and they fitted it then it is their problem.

    if you fitted it yourself then you might want to get the shop to check it over. worse case you might need a new crank arm, i'm not sure if you could have the hole rethreaded without making it too big for the pedal - but the shop should know what is best to do.
  • timmer
    timmer Posts: 6
    Unfortunately I bought it online and fitted them myself - so I guess this is all my own fault. :(
  • ris
    ris Posts: 392
    bum, easily done though. i'm sure someone here is bound to have done this before and will know for sure what you can do.

    you could try a local shop who might be able to tap or chase out a new thread.
  • Ambermile
    Ambermile Posts: 117
    Screw the pedal in from the other side - this should "re-thread" the original back the right way to some extent and then maybe you will be able to get the right start from the right side?

    Arthur
    The Beastie


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  • NorwegianBlue
    NorwegianBlue Posts: 484
    Depending on how badly the thread is damaged it might be possible to clean it up with a tap. You could do that yourself for the cost of the tools.

    If it's too badly gone then it's probably not worth getting it drilled out and repaired with an insert such as a helicoil, since that would probably work out more costly than a crankset of the level of your bike, once you factor in labour.
    "Swearing, it turns out, is big and clever" - Jarvis Cocker
  • timmer
    timmer Posts: 6
    Yeah, I tried screwing in from the other side, but I've chuffed up the thread quite badly and it only goes in so far.

    Just so I know - what's a ballpark figure for a new crankset? And the labour?
  • Ambermile
    Ambermile Posts: 117
    Try a bit of oil before you screw in from the back - you have alloy cranks and steel thread on the pedal - the steel bit *will* recut, but if you try it dry then it will bind on the bits of alloy.


    Arthur
    The Beastie


    Sic itur ad astra
  • timmer
    timmer Posts: 6
    Arthur, you genius!

    A bit of oil and elbow grease worked a treat.
  • Ambermile
    Ambermile Posts: 117
    Excellent 8)

    Arthur
    The Beastie


    Sic itur ad astra
  • rkdj001
    rkdj001 Posts: 6
    hard luck mate - sounded like deja vu when i read your post - i did the same - fitted pedals myself - shop offered to do it for me but i thought i knew better - 8 miles from home on my second ride with the same bike you have it came loose - no phone etc - by the time i got home i had only one pedal for two miles - not good. thread was totalled. shop was really sympathetic and replaced the crank for cost of part only - a lesson learned........... painfully. :(
  • abbots_mike
    abbots_mike Posts: 280
    unfortunately easily done.
    little tip i learnt off of my dad who is a car mechanic, is that any thread, whether a nut, bolt, or pedal, should be started by hand, as it is very easy to damage them with the leverage of a wrench/spanner.
    have done this for several years and never had an issue.
    http://www.pinkbike.com/photo/1679217/

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