Removing pedals?

[themosquitoking]

Put the chain on the big ring to avoid unnecessary blood loss.

It's just a different injury catalogue you're choosing from.

 

[MichaelW2]

When removing pedals, take great care that you don't slip of the spindle and gash your knuckles on the chain/ring.
I prefer to use a bit of gentle foot persuasion, noting that the non-drive-side has a reverse thread.
1. Put bike in highest gear.
2. Place pedal pointing to upper/rear (10:00 or 2:00 ish)
3. Place spanner on spindle, engaging fully, pointing back and up a little. Rotate pedals to ensure spanner direction.
4. Apply brakes.
5. Press foot of spanner and gradually increase pressure and weight downwards on spanner.

When re-applying pedals, smear threads with grease or copper antisieze. Note reverse thread side.
Engage threads by reversing until they click, to avoid crossing threads. Spin on by hand. Tighten with spanner.

If you have allen key spindle and not spanner flats, ignore 1-5.

 

[themosquitoking]

Put foot on pedal at six o'clock lean over saddle and place spanner on opposing pedal with spanner pointing towards the front wheel and pull up. Never fails.

 

[roger06]

Wow what useful replies, thank you so much, this forum really is a gold mine!

I think I'll try standing on the spanner - It was good to get reassurance that that's a good technique as I thought about it but didn't want to damage anything.

@biggs682 - thanks for your very kind offer but I'm some way away on the Sussex coast.

thanks.

 

[steveindenmark]

Getting pedals off is easy.

Remember to undo them you turn towards the back of the bike.

Put the spanner on and take a metal hammer and hit it. Don't be afraid. 2 or 3 whacks will loosen it. It sounds brutal but it works.

 

[tyred]

Definitely use a hammer. Shock treatment works for such things.

 

[biggs682]

If the crank arms are steel it won't do any harm to gently tap around the pedal end a few times to release any corrosion between pedal and arm

 

[Andywinds]

I've used a rubber mallet before.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

Put the chain on the big ring to avoid unnecessary blood loss.

and a nasty gash… don't ask me how i know that…

 

[alecstilleyedye]

and don't put them back on too tight; one grunt should be sufficient…

 

[Sbudge]

It's just a different injury catalogue you're choosing from.

I like the implication that there's *necessary* blood loss.

 

[MichaelW2]

I now like to wear old cycling mitts for messing around with knuckle-danger operations.

 

[byegad]

Everyone missed out the magical mantra needed for jobs like these.

It goes along the lines of:-

'Cummon you ******* *********** thing! GET ********* ******** MOVING! You ************* ******* ********** ***********! OH! ************ *************** **************************** ********!!!!!!


Works every time for me.

 

[Leaway2]

Whilst all this is good advice, the only way I got mine off was by removing the cranks. Placing on a concrete floor (on a cloth) putting a long spanner on, and putting a extension breaker bar on that! I was expecting the thread to strip. It fought all the way off. Previous to this I had WD40'ed and heated it up.
First thing I did when I bought my next bike was remove the pedals and apply copper grease.

 

[Arjimlad]

I greased my pedal threads carefully but the damn things are well seized in now. Will try some of the tips in this thread.