paddy01
Senior Member
- Location
- Exmouth (Devon)
I would be the first to admit I have little patience once there's something I want to get done...
Having just got a new bike I swapped various bits over from the old one, including 105 SPD's.. by the 2nd ride on the new bike there was a very infuriating clicking coming from the BB area... various stand up / sit down, pedal with 1 leg then the other tests suggested it was the left pedal..
Monday I ordered the correct tool to strip the pedal down (remove the spindle) so I can clean and re-pack the grease in it...only it's not arrived..
It's a new bike..it's 23 degrees and pure blue sky.. I need to be out riding.. I can't wait any more and neither can I put up with the off-beat clicking, especially on climbs..so out with the toolbox...
Ah that'll do, thinks I, spying one of those adjustable type wrenches where you can adjust the width of the [serrated] jaws then the handles clamp together. 5 minutes later the spindle was out, cleaned, re-packed with grease and reassembled... of course the knurled part that the proper tool fits onto the remove the spindle is now less knurled and more, smooth as the proverbial...
Yours
Bodge It & Scarper Esq
Having just got a new bike I swapped various bits over from the old one, including 105 SPD's.. by the 2nd ride on the new bike there was a very infuriating clicking coming from the BB area... various stand up / sit down, pedal with 1 leg then the other tests suggested it was the left pedal..
Monday I ordered the correct tool to strip the pedal down (remove the spindle) so I can clean and re-pack the grease in it...only it's not arrived..
It's a new bike..it's 23 degrees and pure blue sky.. I need to be out riding.. I can't wait any more and neither can I put up with the off-beat clicking, especially on climbs..so out with the toolbox...
Ah that'll do, thinks I, spying one of those adjustable type wrenches where you can adjust the width of the [serrated] jaws then the handles clamp together. 5 minutes later the spindle was out, cleaned, re-packed with grease and reassembled... of course the knurled part that the proper tool fits onto the remove the spindle is now less knurled and more, smooth as the proverbial...
Yours
Bodge It & Scarper Esq