Cleat screws falling out

ad_snow
ad_snow Posts: 469
edited August 2012 in Road beginners
Hi all,

I've been cycling with cleats/clipless pedals for the last 2 weeks (covering around 80 miles) and I noticed that during that time, the top screw in both of the cleats have fallen out somewhere... I assume this is from clipping in/out during rides and then coming loose... does this happen to anyone else? Is it normal to have to keep making sure they are tightly screwed in all the time?
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  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    Not for me. Nip them up tight but not tight enough to strip the threads and they stay in. Mine do. Thee might be a torque setting somewhere in the packing.

    Cleats are in a very exposed area so dob a bit of grease or copperslip on each screw when you fit them, so that you can get them out when you want to.
  • father_jack
    father_jack Posts: 3,509
    One of my mine just fell out too (lost) I've used some threadlock on them now.
    Say... That's a nice bike..
    Trax T700 with Lew Racing Pro VT-1 ;-)
  • ianbar
    ianbar Posts: 1,354
    i lost the the top screw out of my left shoe, i tend to unclip 99% of the time with the left and the others had cme loose and actually couldn't unclip when i got back home a few weeks ago....the inevitable happened lol
    enigma esprit
    cannondale caad8 tiagra 2012
  • michael the bicycle
    michael the bicycle Posts: 2
    Yep, mine did the same and I lost the screw and the plate.
  • MattC59
    MattC59 Posts: 5,408
    The men in white coats have been after him for a long time !!

    (oh yeah, I use a dab of thread lock to prevent this)
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