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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:

--- Quote from: nhoj on April 06, 2008, 10:09 PM ---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

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

nhoj:
Reverse thread on the near or off side?

jackel:

--- Quote from: nhoj on April 06, 2008, 10:17 PM ---Reverse thread on the near or off side?

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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

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