Need help from smart people

[RONDAL]

Re: Need help from smart people

Drill and tap a second set of holes and just keep adding studs and grinding the old ones away.

beyond my skill level

[popp]

Re: Need help from smart people

anyone got a dremel i can borrow? Or come and use for 10 minutes.

i do i do

[slhazy]

Re: Need help from smart people

buy new syncros or crank bros pedals. Shimano sucks

[RONDAL]

Re: Need help from smart people

if you're going to make suggestions that don't address my concern, at least suggest quality products.

[bonfire]

Re: Need help from smart people

Oooooh.

Good luck, replacing pins in any pedal is a pain in the ass. I have found the best luck with Straitlines, they use a wrench flat which is nice.

[GTI CANADIAN]

Re: Need help from smart people

Use centre punch to make divot in stud;
drill hole in stud?
hammer Torx into hole?
Remove Stud?
Profit!!!!!

[RONDAL]

Re: Need help from smart people

good call on the torx actually, i just need to find one small enough to get in there. its bloody tiny

[bonfire]

Re: Need help from smart people

Torx would be suggestion as well. Or just drill super carefully, you said the pins folded like tin foil. Drill in there with a small bit, then with a pick chip away the pin into itself.

Hammering a torx into stripped ****, has saved my bacon many times.

[Satnam]

Re: Need help from smart people

did you try some heat (propane torch) , and some sort of oil (wd40)

[Silverstoned]

Re: Need help from smart people

did you try some heat (propane torch) , and some sort of oil (wd40)

wouldn't a propane torch and WD-40 make a pretty big fireball?

[Geobmx4life]

Re: Need help from smart people

wouldn't a propane torch and WD-40 make a pretty big fireball?

LMAO...especially with magnesium pedals!

[bonfire]

Re: Need help from smart people

Unless you are using a pretty fucking serious blow torch upwards of 3100C you aren't going to light **** on fire. But it would be a pretty cool thing to watch.

I want those pedals to be better. I applaud Shimano for sticking to their guns are rocking the looseball. I am so fucking done with sealed bearings. They belong other places, not bikes. But their pins are a major flaw.

[Silverstoned]

Re: Need help from smart people

Yeah, loose balls are so much better, but when one goes you have to replace the hub, not just the bearing. I wish my lower end front hub (20mm) would have a better way to adjust tension than shims :P I guess that's why I just got some kings

[bonfire]

Re: Need help from smart people

Replace the hub? Unless you never rebuild your hub you shouldn't ever have to replace the hub. I had a set of Campy hubs from the 70's and they were perfect. New bearings, new grease and little adjustment is the business.

Sealed bearings just don't take the side loads that you get in a wheel. Even if you could adjust your tension on a sealed bearing you would just cook it.

It also takes a somewhat respectable company to be able to design a decent hub, instead of just boring it out for a bearing.

[Silverstoned]

Re: Need help from smart people

I've seen a few where they were run a little loose, or waited a little too long after a water submersion and sometimes you can get away with new bearings and cones. Sometimes there is enough damage to the hub's race that you need to replace the hub. I'm not disagreeing with you, but there is something to be said for popping out the bearings and sliding new ones in. Brand new hub. I just wish there was a better way of adjusting the tension and the only way to do that seems to be with conical inner races which is still not as nice or as precise as loose ball 'n cone setup.

Oh, one last thing. I have never been able to get cartridge bearings to run as smooth and friction free as loose balls. I think it's the extra seals on the bearings causing extra drag.