Egg beaters, which is left? which right?

Anonymous

A very quick and possibly stupid question.

Putting Crank Bros Egg Beaters on my new bike.

Trouble is I can't figure out which is the left and which is the right pedal. Dose it matter which goes on what side?

Might be a stupid question. But I'd rather ask a silly question than make a stupid mistake,

Cheers.

supersonic

They have opposite threads: is usually stamped on the axle somewhere.

nicklouse

look at the thread.

they also seam to have an L and a R on a spanner flat.

Anonymous

nicklouse wrote:

look at the thread.

they also seam to have an L and a R on a spanner flat.

I'd have thought they would have a L or R somewhere, can't find it though. Also these don't have spanner flats, allen only.

Anonymous

supersonic wrote:

They have opposite threads: is usually stamped on the axle somewhere.

Yep this has it figured. Turns out they will only go on one way. If you try and put the wrong pedal on the wrong side it just won't screw in.

Thanks.

nicklouse

then does one have a rough/marked surface (lined) as that will be the left one.

Anonymous

nicklouse wrote:

then does one have a rough/marked surface (lined) as that will be the left one.

I've looked and looked, really apart from the threads they seem exactly the same. They are over a year old and have seen a good few thousand miles so it's possible what ever mark/marking has worn off.

holroyd74

I've just purchased some crank brothers candy 1 pedals, which i fitted last night. I couldn't find anything on the pedals to denote which is L & R either. Just have to go by the thread.

wayne10244

Hi the left side axle should have a small groove around the spindle flange ok

bramstoker

Easy to remember "line left". Or do what i do and go to the crank bros website.
The instructions on eggbeater 3 have this in them, the candy 3 dont, go figure.

getonyourbike

The left side threads opposite to normal, tighten anti clockwise. So just compare a normal thread on something else, say a stem bolt and find which one has the same thread as the bolt, that's the right pedal. So the other one's the left and tightens opposite to normal.

nicklouse

see the groove?

hucking_fell

Yeah ! Groovey Baby !

:oops:

Anonymous

nicklouse wrote:

see the groove?

Ahh, yes, yes I do. Right near the thread on pedal at the top of the photo. Just checked my egg beaters and they also have the same groove.

Is this a general rule for all/most pedals?

nicklouse

yep the left pedal tends to be marked. if there is no L R marks.

Johnny Napalm

If you look at an external thread, you can tell the thread direction by looking at them. The RH side of the thread will point diagonally upwards toward the right (right side higher), and the left side of the thread will point diagonally upwards toward the left (left side higher).

If I haven't described this effectively ('scuse the pun), then the diagrams below will highlight the thread directions.



If you are looking at a RH internal thread, the thread will drop to the right, and the LH will drop to the left.

kinelljohn

One way to remember:

Sat on bike looking down at pedals (or BB) - the one on the right - is right (handed) and right (correct).

If it won't screw in conventionally it's for the other side.

It's like this so the direction of rotation of cranks tends to tighten and not unscrew.