Tips on pedal removal

[nhoj]

Can anyone give me any tips on the best way to remove stubborn pedals?

Saw on an old thread that it may be a case of scaffold pole over spanner!! I'll have to find a pole first and I don't want to snap a spanner!!

Do pedals have an opposite thread to normal nuts and bolts? lefty tighty, righty loosy?

Thanks in advance

[jackel]

Can anyone give me any tips on the best way to remove stubborn pedals?

Saw on an old thread that it may be a case of scaffold pole over spanner!! I'll have to find a pole first and I don't want to snap a spanner!!

Do pedals have an opposite thread to normal nuts and bolts? lefty tighty, righty loosy?

Thanks in advance

try the spanner the other way pedals are reverse thread on one side

[nhoj]

Reverse thread on the near or off side?

[jackel]

Reverse thread on the near or off side?

dont know the side off hand but i,m sure the pedals are threaded so that when your riding they wont come off(riding motion would tighten)

[perry]

right hand side ( chainring side ) is right hand thread ( tightens clockwise )

left side is left hand thread ( tightens anti clockwise )

if it wont budge with a decent lean soak it in wd40 ( o similar ) or diesel

remember to pull towards you not push away , as if it lips or something snaps its easier on yourself if your pulling in but pushing out could land your hand in a lot of pain with your bodys weight behind it

stuff that seizes needs a sharp shock not a progressive untighten ,  when it comes undone itl do it suddenly

try putting a foot on the end of the spanner and give t a purposefull stamp , but mind the spanner doesnt doesnt fly off

[MartyC]

They undo the opposite way to what you pedal  

[TwoBobRob]

What Perry said    


A good quality spanner too, you want the best fit possible  

[Flaz]

take em round romblokes       init dave 

[lodge]

Make sure you got the spanner size spot on, spray some good quality penetrating oil in the back of the pedal axle and leave overnight, then muscle is required.
If your not fussed about the crank tap with a hammer (quite hard) the crank surface around the pedal axle before trying to loosen.

[moley]

Leverage is always good.

If you use a small spanner then it wont help either.

I have tried smacking the spanner with a hammer in the past.   That certainly works but the spanner tends to fly off and you could damage your bike.

I invested in a pedal spanner which has a longer handle.

The longer the handle, the greater the leverage, the easier it is.

If you have another bike then check which way loosens and which way tightens.

I have tried loosening pedals in the past only to discover I was tightening them instead.   Its an easy mistake to make!!!

[thecrooch]

i find the easiest way to remember is that the spanner always goes towards the back wheel...   

oh and i use a pair of forks as leverage i find i take out the missus's ornaments with the scaffold poles...  also have you seen the size of scaffolders you dont piss those guys off! 
 

[Dark Diggler]

Local bike shop 

[Rombloke]

buy a proper pedal spanner for starters....even decent quality spanners will flare at the sign of a 15 stone man squeezing fu'ck out of it.

pedal spanners are longer than your average combination spanner too...thus more leverage.....if this still doesnt work, then get a scaffold tube over the spanner, about four foot long is plenty, and the pedal will not resist....ask flaz.....grrrrr....dave strong like bull

Dave

[motomagII]

i must have broke about 10 15mm spanners trying to get stubborn pedals off in the past one defeated me and never budged on set redline prolines too,soak in wd40 first is good move though it seems to loosen the seal on the threads a bit

[snav69]

Turn your bike upsidedown and stand at the chainring side , undo your pedal towards the front wheel (anticlockwise) and lean over and do the same to the other pedal turning it towards the front wheel  Oh and use a good Stilson wrench for stubbon fookers   

 

[Humps00]

i must have broke about 10 15mm spanners trying to get stubborn pedals off

Me too!!  But beware because if some bright spark has used Loctite to put them on with then chances are they won't be coming off ..... ever!!  I have a DMR V8 on a haro crank arm that has defeated me and even resulted in my bench vice breaking first.  The scaffold pole leverage caused the vice to yield.  Good luck.  Humps

[Humps00]

Added 20:00hrs:  Spurred by this thread I decided to liberate my DMRs with a hacksaw.  It worked!!  I did think whilst doing it that maybe I would have been better to put the crank arms and pedals on Ebay and make the problem someone elses!!    Humps

[spectre]

Currently struggling with this exact problem, cannot believe how goddamn stubborn these things are.