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...![Big grin :biggrin: :biggrin:](/styles/default/xenforo/smls/biggrin.gif)
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...
![Big grin :biggrin: :biggrin:](/styles/default/xenforo/smls/biggrin.gif)
Yours
Bodge It & Scarper Esq