Stupid cleat bolt things

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  • don_don
    don_don Posts: 1,007
    Looks like the bolt loosening fairy has well and truly got you :(

    Maybe you had better check ALL your bolts just in case!!
  • Littigator
    Littigator Posts: 1,262
    That'll learn ya for wearing nasty stealth sandals things! :P
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Littigator wrote:
    That'll learn ya for wearing nasty stealth sandals things! :P

    Actually these are the shoes I wear in winter. The sandals are fine.

    So NYERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR :P
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    don_don wrote:
    Looks like the bolt loosening fairy has well and truly got you :(

    Maybe you had better check ALL your bolts just in case!!

    I've just tightened them all up to the limit of my capability. We shall see, bolts, we shall see.
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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    This thread is lost_in_thought telling us something we've known for a long time, she's got a screw loose :lol:
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  • biondino
    biondino Posts: 5,990
    And she's the sanest person on here...
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Grumble grumble foiled again by stupid cleat bolt thing the second.

    I'm replacing it this evening.

    Grumble grumble.
    FCN 7/1
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  • don_don
    don_don Posts: 1,007
    Its the shoes.

    You need new shoes..

    New shoes..

    New shoes..

    New shoes..

    New shoes..

    New shoes..

    New shoes..

    Go on, you know you want to :wink:
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    No!

    must... not... shop.
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  • Skiddypants
    Skiddypants Posts: 55
    Get a MAN to tighten them for you? :lol:
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  • chuckcork
    chuckcork Posts: 1,471
    I got some thread locker from a motor bike shop recently, might be of some help if your LBS doesn't stock what you are looking for.

    Sounds though like the threads have gone on the bolts or th plate they go into, so you might be well off just buying some new ones and replacing the plate inside your shoe as well (I haven't read the full thread so am assuming you have SPD cleats like I have on my shoes)
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  • don_don
    don_don Posts: 1,007
    you might be well off just buying some new ones and replacing the plate inside your shoe as well

    Assuming the plate isn't permanently built into the sole, in which case:

    New shoes..

    New shoes..

    New shoes..

    New shoes..

    New shoes..

    :wink:
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    I'm going to replace bolt the second, and if that doesn't work then it's loctite all the way.

    NO

    NO NEW SHOES...

    Stop it. :lol:
    FCN 7/1
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    New shoes are awesome
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  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    L_i_T if you need new SPD plates give me a shout and you can buy me a drink in a fortnight and I'll stick them in the post.
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    redvee wrote:
    L_i_T if you need new SPD plates give me a shout and you can buy me a drink in a fortnight and I'll stick them in the post.

    Why don't you just take them to the pub with you?
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    Sounds like she needs them sooner rather than later.
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  • spursn17
    spursn17 Posts: 284
    LIT

    Are you tightening the bolt up with one of the little cycle tool kits?

    You need proper allen keys, pref the long ones to get enough torque on it.
  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    redvee wrote:
    Sounds like she needs them sooner rather than later.
    Ah. Gallantry. :oops:
  • linsen
    linsen Posts: 1,959
    Always Tyred wrote:
    redvee wrote:
    Sounds like she needs them sooner rather than later.
    Ah. Gallantry. :oops:

    I'm sure you're capable of it too....
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  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    linsen wrote:
    Always Tyred wrote:
    redvee wrote:
    Sounds like she needs them sooner rather than later.
    Ah. Gallantry. :oops:

    I'm sure you're capable of it too....
    I'm hurt.

    Or am I touched?
  • linsen
    linsen Posts: 1,959
    or indifferent? :wink:
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    redvee wrote:
    L_i_T if you need new SPD plates give me a shout and you can buy me a drink in a fortnight and I'll stick them in the post.

    Thanks redvee! I appreciate the offer, but I don't know if I can change the plates in my shoes, unless by plates you mean the outside bits...? If they're on the inside how would I find out if they're changeable...? :oops:
    FCN 7/1
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  • linsen
    linsen Posts: 1,959
    Go to the LBS and flutter your eyelashes? :D
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  • alfablue
    alfablue Posts: 8,497
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    redvee wrote:
    L_i_T if you need new SPD plates give me a shout and you can buy me a drink in a fortnight and I'll stick them in the post.

    Thanks redvee! I appreciate the offer, but I don't know if I can change the plates in my shoes, unless by plates you mean the outside bits...? If they're on the inside how would I find out if they're changeable...? :oops:
    The plates are usually removable from under the insole, might be lightly glued down.
  • prj45
    prj45 Posts: 2,208
    I've read grease is better than loctite, it allows you to screw them in tighter as it greases the thread.
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  • alfablue
    alfablue Posts: 8,497
    I use grease, no problems, even with grease they can be hard to remove, allen heads are easily rounded, I would shy away from threadlock unless it was a desperate situation - which it may be.

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