Been trying to remove this for hours. I need help help. I just want my regular pedals.
Used a hex key (even got it’s ends bended. now they are round lmao.).
Tried taking the help of a wrench. Still didn’t rotate even a bit.
Sprayed Wd-40. I don’t think it went inside well but i laid the bike and waited a while hoping it would.
I figured that there is a part inside the pedal that can help. Didn’t help either.
What options do i have?
ThadsBerads on
Plumbers pipe wrench. Those things will bite into anything.
no-suspect94 on
Try heat on the threads. You could also use ice spray afterwards. It will expand and shrink the materials and help loosen the stubborn pedal. Heat by itself might already work (heat gun or torch). Otherwise use a big pipe wrench on the rest of the remaining pedal and try to loosen it that way.
The longer the wrench, the better (more leverage makes it easier).
Also make sure to turn in the right direction.
Spiritual-Upstairs67 on
Just in case : the DS pedal≠NDS pedal, the left one is reversed. Picture 1= tool go from top to left.
clintj1975 on
Keep disassembling it. You want to get down to the bare axle. Start with that nut on the end. Once you’re there, spray a bit of PB Blaster or other penetrating oil on where it threads into the crankarm, tap it with a hammer a couple of times, and go take a break for an hour or so while it works. Then, take a good sized pipe wrench to the axle. It *should* come out.
The other approach I’ve used is remove the crankarm, stick the axle in a bench vise, and use the crankarm for leverage along with a dead blow mallet to coax it along.
Wafflewas on
All great suggestions. I’d try the pipe wrench first, and be sure to put some grease on the pedal threads before you install the ones you want to use.
texoma_tandem on
Pipe wrench with a long cheater bar (and ensure you are turning the correct direction: right pedal = normal threads, left = reverse threads)
BrendanRedditHere on
I had a stuck pedal that the shop took off by removing the crank, placing the pedal in a vice and whacking the crank arm with a mallet. Or the other way around; this was a long time ago… whichever way, hitting it transmitted more force than just working it with a wrench could.
Mihsan on
Make sure that you are turning the right way. Try soaking it in WD-40 for a few days. Heat it up. Use a quality hex key with long lever or a pipe wrench.
Recently had the same problem. Big pipe wrench (about 70 cm long) solved it.
enesulken on
Thanks everyone for really caring my problem. I will try whatever i can.
Leading_Outcome4910 on
You buy an $8 tool that allows you to use a socket wrench and a breaker bar
Pipe wrenches, heat, all unnecessary in this particular application. If that doesn’t come out with an 18″ breaker bar than cut it off with a saw because the crank arm is toast.
MrElendig on
If that crankarm is as bad as it looks in pic 2, take a hacksaw to it?
bandit1216 on
Pedals without wrench flats can be difficult to get good leverage on. My technique that has yet to fail is to get an 8mm 3/8″ socket bit and a wrachet. Position the wratchet so that you can squeeze against the crank arm with both hands on the end of the handle. Make sure your turning the right direction, for the LH crank arm looking from the back side, the wrench will move clockwise. Also good to put a thick towel over the crank arm at the spindle so the wrachet handle doesn’t damage the crank arm or BB shell when it finally breaks free.
vintage_steel on
I’ve used an Impact wrench on stubborn pedals, but just make sure you are turning it the correct way.
lovespiceyfood on
If you have a floor jack, the handles can be used as a breaker bar. I recently did this to get a sprinkler valve loose. Would not move at all, effortless with the breaker bar.
lo-fi-hiphop-beats on
add some penetrating oil, give some time to seep in. a hex wrench and an old handlebar as your cheater bar
kil0ran on
And this is why I hate pedals without wrench flats. Very difficult to get enough mechanical advantage due to frame clearance and almost guaranteed to skin your knuckles on the drive side
Infamous_Air9247 on
Right pedal normal thread
Left pedal reverse thread
oldfrancis on
Use a combination of heat, penetrating oil, and an impact wrench if you have one.
Apply the heat, apply the penetrating oil, wait.
Lather rinse repeat, lather rinse repeat.
Now use the impact wrench and it should spin it right off.
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Been trying to remove this for hours. I need help help. I just want my regular pedals.
Used a hex key (even got it’s ends bended. now they are round lmao.).
Tried taking the help of a wrench. Still didn’t rotate even a bit.
Sprayed Wd-40. I don’t think it went inside well but i laid the bike and waited a while hoping it would.
I figured that there is a part inside the pedal that can help. Didn’t help either.
What options do i have?
Plumbers pipe wrench. Those things will bite into anything.
Try heat on the threads. You could also use ice spray afterwards. It will expand and shrink the materials and help loosen the stubborn pedal. Heat by itself might already work (heat gun or torch). Otherwise use a big pipe wrench on the rest of the remaining pedal and try to loosen it that way.
The longer the wrench, the better (more leverage makes it easier).
Also make sure to turn in the right direction.
Just in case : the DS pedal≠NDS pedal, the left one is reversed. Picture 1= tool go from top to left.
Keep disassembling it. You want to get down to the bare axle. Start with that nut on the end. Once you’re there, spray a bit of PB Blaster or other penetrating oil on where it threads into the crankarm, tap it with a hammer a couple of times, and go take a break for an hour or so while it works. Then, take a good sized pipe wrench to the axle. It *should* come out.
The other approach I’ve used is remove the crankarm, stick the axle in a bench vise, and use the crankarm for leverage along with a dead blow mallet to coax it along.
All great suggestions. I’d try the pipe wrench first, and be sure to put some grease on the pedal threads before you install the ones you want to use.
Pipe wrench with a long cheater bar (and ensure you are turning the correct direction: right pedal = normal threads, left = reverse threads)
I had a stuck pedal that the shop took off by removing the crank, placing the pedal in a vice and whacking the crank arm with a mallet. Or the other way around; this was a long time ago… whichever way, hitting it transmitted more force than just working it with a wrench could.
Make sure that you are turning the right way. Try soaking it in WD-40 for a few days. Heat it up. Use a quality hex key with long lever or a pipe wrench.
Recently had the same problem. Big pipe wrench (about 70 cm long) solved it.
Thanks everyone for really caring my problem. I will try whatever i can.
You buy an $8 tool that allows you to use a socket wrench and a breaker bar
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Pipe wrenches, heat, all unnecessary in this particular application. If that doesn’t come out with an 18″ breaker bar than cut it off with a saw because the crank arm is toast.
If that crankarm is as bad as it looks in pic 2, take a hacksaw to it?
Pedals without wrench flats can be difficult to get good leverage on. My technique that has yet to fail is to get an 8mm 3/8″ socket bit and a wrachet. Position the wratchet so that you can squeeze against the crank arm with both hands on the end of the handle. Make sure your turning the right direction, for the LH crank arm looking from the back side, the wrench will move clockwise. Also good to put a thick towel over the crank arm at the spindle so the wrachet handle doesn’t damage the crank arm or BB shell when it finally breaks free.
I’ve used an Impact wrench on stubborn pedals, but just make sure you are turning it the correct way.
If you have a floor jack, the handles can be used as a breaker bar. I recently did this to get a sprinkler valve loose. Would not move at all, effortless with the breaker bar.
add some penetrating oil, give some time to seep in. a hex wrench and an old handlebar as your cheater bar
And this is why I hate pedals without wrench flats. Very difficult to get enough mechanical advantage due to frame clearance and almost guaranteed to skin your knuckles on the drive side
Right pedal normal thread
Left pedal reverse thread
Use a combination of heat, penetrating oil, and an impact wrench if you have one.
Apply the heat, apply the penetrating oil, wait.
Lather rinse repeat, lather rinse repeat.
Now use the impact wrench and it should spin it right off.