Help fitting SPD Pedals

Quoted message said:

Could someone give me some advise please?

They should be marked L and R, as in left and right.

d.

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Quoted message said:

Hello,
Just found this group and recently purchased shimano SPD pedals from
ebay. I think I know which way round they go but wanted to check.
Could someone give me some advise please?

I can not yet match them to the cleats on the bottom of shoes as I
currently do not own SPD shoes.

Before someone points out, these SPD pedals have removable frames on
one side for normal shoe riding.

Should be printed on the pedals which is left and which is right. Sometimes
on the bit where you stick the wrench.

Quoted message said:

Hello,
Just found this group and recently purchased shimano SPD pedals from
ebay. I think I know which way round they go but wanted to check.
Could someone give me some advise please?

I can not yet match them to the cleats on the bottom of shoes as I
currently do not own SPD shoes.

Before someone points out, these SPD pedals have removable frames on
one side for normal shoe riding.

They'll only go one way, as the left hand pedal has left hand thread
and the right hand pedal has a right hand thread.

They often have an "L" and "R" stamped into the end of the thread.

Tim

Quoted message said:

Just found this group and recently purchased shimano SPD pedals from
ebay. I think I know which way round they go but wanted to check.
Could someone give me some advise please?

As others have already noted, usually marked on the pedal. Note that
some may not be R and L, but D and G (droit and gauche), though less
likely on SPuDs than Time/Look stuff, wot with them originating in France.

If you can't see any such marks it's still quite simple to work it out
empirically. The Left pedal is the only one that will fir on the left
crank, and the Right pedal the only one that will fit on the right
crank, so though you might guess wrong for the first attempt the second
is pretty much a sure thing! Note that the left crank (and pedal) use a
left hand thread, where you screw it the opposite way to usual to do it
up. If you try and fit R pedal to L crank it simply won't screw in:
abandon ship and try again with the correct pedal.

Pop a little grease on the threads before you start and it will make
undoing them at some point in the future much easier!

Pete.
--
Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net [email hidden] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

Peter Clinch said:

Quoted message said:

Just found this group and recently purchased shimano SPD pedals from
ebay. I think I know which way round they go but wanted to check.
Could someone give me some advise please?

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Quoted message said:

Note that the left crank (and
pedal) use a left hand thread, where you screw it the opposite way to
usual to do it up. If you try and fit R pedal to L crank it simply
won't screw in:

Attempt this gently, as you may damage the thread in your cranks if you're
rough trying to force them in.
--
Ambrose

Ambrose Nankivell said:

Attempt this gently, as you may damage the thread in your cranks if
you're rough trying to force them in.

Good point: to get the thread engaged should only need your hand, no
need for a spanner until it's time to get them tight. If it won't
engage it's probably the wrong one.

Pete.
--
Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net [email hidden] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

WOW, Quick answers.
Thank you, I have not looked too closly at the pedals, but wanted
expert advice prior to getting my hands dirty. I have spent far too
long sitting at my computer and paying someone else to "servie" my
steed.

Once again thank you for the quick replies, and not being to harsh on a
newbie question.

Simon in Sawtry

Quoted message said:

Hello,
Just found this group and recently purchased shimano SPD pedals from
ebay. I think I know which way round they go but wanted to check.
Could someone give me some advise please?

Typically they will have a spring loaded bit to take the back of the
cleat and a fixed bit to take the front of the cleat. If you look at
http://wiggle.co.uk/Default.aspx?ProdID=5360008792 then the fixed bit
is at the top of the picture and is the front of the pedal (these are
right hand ones, also indicated bythe R on the pedal axle).

The cleats will have a narrow end (at the top in
http://wiggle.co.uk/Default.aspx?ProdID=5300003154) and a broad end.
The broad end is at the back, the narrow end to the front.
The plate with the two holes in takes the screws and the cleat body
sits between it and the shoe. Should be easy enough to work out.

...d

Quoted message said:

I can not yet match them to the cleats on the bottom of shoes as I
currently do not own SPD shoes.

Before someone points out, these SPD pedals have removable frames on
one side for normal shoe riding.

Thanks

Simon in Sawtry

Quoted message said:

WOW, Quick answers.
Thank you, I have not looked too closly at the pedals, but wanted
expert advice prior to getting my hands dirty. I have spent far too
long sitting at my computer and paying someone else to "servie" my
steed.

Once again thank you for the quick replies, and not being to harsh on a
newbie question.

The real problem is likely to be getting the old pedals off :-\

--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

Phil Cook said:

The real problem is likely to be getting the old pedals off :-\

Indeed. If they're reluctant, securing the loan of a Very Very Big
pedal spanner from your friendly neighbourhood bike shop for half a
minute or so is usually the key point in releasing them. Give them a
good soak with oil before you start will help.

Pete.
--
Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net [email hidden] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

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Quoted message said:

Phil Cook said:

The real problem is likely to be getting the old pedals off :-\

And ignore any advice you may have read in the Grauniad about which pedal
has a left-hand thread

Peter Clinch said:

The Left pedal is the only one that will fir on the left
crank, and the Right pedal the only one that will fit on the right
crank, so though you might guess wrong for the first attempt the second
is pretty much a sure thing!

It just needs a bigger wrench and more grunt to fit the wrong ones ;-)
Remember there is nothing foolproof enough to defeat the ingenuity of fools.

--
Tony

"The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the
right."
- Lord Hailsham

Peter Clinch said:

Pop a little grease on the threads before you start and it will make
undoing them at some point in the future much easier!

For limited values of future. It would be advisable to give them an
occasional undo, re-grease and redo.

--
Don Whybrow

Sequi Bonum Non Time

Some people have one of those days. I have one of those lives.

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Quoted message said:

The real problem is likely to be getting the old pedals off :-\

Yes, but be careful though. I have memories of a hospital visit when
trying to remove a pedal on the chainwheel side. If the spanner slips
off, you punch the chainwheel.
--
Peter Grange

OK Thank you for all the helpful advise.

Just looked closer and they are infact stamped L & R, they are models
Shimano SD-M515 any good?
Regards

Simon in Sawtry

Peter Grange said:

Yes, but be careful though. I have memories of a hospital visit when
trying to remove a pedal on the chainwheel side. If the spanner slips
off, you punch the chainwheel.

Yes, put the chain on the big ring.

~PB

Simon T said:

OK Thank you for all the helpful advise.

Just looked closer and they are infact stamped L & R, they are models
Shimano SD-M515 any good?

yes, when new.

should do the trick. Have fun.

...d