New left hand crank arm

Keiron Curtis
Keiron Curtis Posts: 126
edited March 2014 in The workshop
My left pedal came off on my commute home. It became loose at 5 miles in, I had no way of tightening it, so kept pedalling. By the time I got home, 15 miles later, it just dropped off in my hand. The thread on the pedal was fine, but the thread in the crank arm was completely mangled, so I can't just thread the pedal back in. That means I need a new left hand crank, I'm a very poor mechanic, so what must I consider when getting a replacement? My current crank arm is a Truvativ 175mm.
k.curtis

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  • craker
    craker Posts: 1,739
    There might be a fix (helicoil, retap) your LBS might be worth talking to. If you're not fussy about matching cranks then a trawl through ebay (or post a Wanted here) but it depends what kind of bottom bracket you have.

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