Can't take pedal off using a wrench?

[vickster]

I don't have a pedal spanner either

Get one .
if you have Amazon prime you could have tomorrow ... or try your LBS...for spanner or if you’re a regular, they’ll obligingly remove the pedal for you

 

[raleighnut]

Put gears to lowest ratio
Put crank at 2:00 forward up.
Put spanner on at 10:00 rearwards up.
Apply brakes
Tread on spanner and gently transfer weight. Dont stomp.

i'd use the highest ratio.

 

[Cycleops]

I have one of those spanners with adjustable width I am definitely doing it the right way.

Use a 15mm spanner, longer the better but regular is fine. Refit the other side and support it and follow MichaelW2 advice, if that fails use a hammer. Both pedals undo turning towards the rear of the bike.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

This is why you grease threads when attaching pedals. Do this with your new ones.

 

[DRM]

Adjustable spanners are the work of belzebub, and are perfectly designed to round the flats off any bolt, get a 15 mm spanner that’s right for the job, then follow the advice above, particularly with grease on the new pedal threads.

 

[CanucksTraveller]

Yep, get a pedal spanner, and eschew the adjustable. And get maximum leverage with the optimal angle, nothing outside of an ungreased pedal fitted in 1953 should be a problem if you use the right tool and get the right angle of leverage.

 

[Ridgeway]

Just to check again (sorry) both pedals unscrew in the same direction ie anti-clock if you are on the drive side of the bike

Even after probably 40yrs of messing with bikes this one still confuses me but it doesn't take much

 

[DaveReading]

Common issue. Give it a spray with WD40 and try again in the morning. Otherwise you might need a longer pedal spanner, something for more leverage, or more brute force Involving a hammer!

If that doesn't work, buy some penetrating oil - PlusGas, for example.

 

[classic33]

Adjustable spanners are the work of belzebub, and are perfectly designed to round the flats off any bolt, get a 15 mm spanner that’s right for the job, then follow the advice above, particularly with grease on the new pedal threads.

They can be useful when you have a number of lightly loaded bolts/nuts to undo/hold. But, for the heavier loaded bolts/nuts, buy the best correct sized spanners you can.

 

[fossyant]

My neighbour couldn't get their pedals off during lockdown. He'd got new ones (they both were local bike commuters - just a few miles, but the car never left the drive).

I gave him one of my Campag pedal spanners. This will do it I said. He dopped it off a day later.... yes, it wasn't an issue with that. Didn't dare say the blooming spanner was most likely more expensive than his pedals.

 

[Anonymous1502]

This is why you grease threads when attaching pedals. Do this with your new ones.

The bike came with these pedals I don't understand why the left pedal came off easily while the right one isn't coming off.

 

[fossyant]

The bike came with these pedals I don't understand why the left pedal came off easily while the right one isn't coming off.

shoot happens !

 

[Shreds]

Get sone RP90 spray designed to penetrate and make disengaging such things easy. Just dont get it on your fingers and be careful what you spray it on or you wont be able to pick things up or hold anything!

 

[fossyant]

Get sone RP90 spray designed to penetrate and make disengaging such things easy. Just dont get it on your fingers and be careful what you spray it on or you wont be able to pick things up or hold anything!

OP is a student, and doesn't need another £5 plus expenditure.

Get a big male Uni friend to do it in the hall socially distanced.... instruct said person the right way to do it though..

 

[cougie uk]

Pedal spanners are essential.
When you get it off don't overtighten the pedal. And grease the thread.