speedplay zero pedal removal

bobpzero
bobpzero Posts: 1,431
edited November 2009 in Workshop
got the drive side one off but i dont know what way to turn the pedal wrench and i cant find the instructions and cant find the info on the speedplay site. :(

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  • dennisn
    dennisn Posts: 10,601
    I can never remember how that goes. Possibly because I rarely take the pedals off.
    In any case one is a left hand thread and one is a right hand thread.
  • TommyEss
    TommyEss Posts: 1,855
    It's the opposite direction to the way you took the drive side off... The direction the pedal turns when you're pedalling tightens the pedal spindle - so you need to turn the opposite way to remove.

    With the bike upright on it's wheels - the spanner goes towards the rear of the bike ON BOTH SIDES (so drive side is conventional - anti-clockwise to loosen, but non-drive side is clockwise to loosen - but still turning towards the rear of the bike)

    Please say I've got that the right way round after all that!
    Cannondale Synapse 105, Giant Defy 3, Giant Omnium, Giant Trance X2, EMC R1.0, Ridgeback Platinum, On One Il Pompino...
  • bobpzero
    bobpzero Posts: 1,431
    thanks guys. i decided to give up after a few attempts so thankfully the guys at CRC got it out for me with no damage. tho should have seen my face (went from melancholy to big grin) when he said (slight paraphrase) sorry the pedal is seized into the crank couldnt get the pedal off, youll need a new a crank, while he was hiding the pedal in his hand and then showed to me. :lol: i was so worried.
  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    I bruised one of my wrist bones trying to get a pedal off for a customer. Using an old set of straight bars for extra leverage, felt that the pedal would round off before coming off. Left it at that :oops:
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