"Gadget" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:I have developed a double click in my left pedal and over the past few
days
Quoted message said:it has started to annoy me. I removed my pedal and attempted to get to the bearings inside. No
such luck. I sprayed in some grease and the clicking
has
Quoted message said:stopped but when turned in the hand it sounds and feels rough. How does
one
Quoted message said:get into the body of a pedal, so I could strip clean the bearings and
check
Quoted message said:for grit. I can't say who made the pedal but on the end their is an N or a Z, depending on which
the way the stops. It is the same pedal that came
with
Quoted message said:the bike and the bike was made by Orange and is a Gringo.
Could be any pedal, (makers change what's fitted regularly).
In general, you need to remove the end-cap furthest from the crank. This might be prize off, or
might be screw. Once that is removed there is probably a locknut, a washer (with a D-flat on its
inner bore) and a cone nut. Remove each carefully, and then the pedal body can be removed from the
spindle. Ball bearings will be in each end of the pedal, so count them carefully as they fall out so
you know how many to put back, and which end they sit at. You may find the bearings are different
sizes at each end. Clean everything, grease and then re-assemble. Adjust the pressure on the cone
and locknut to get minimal friction and minimal slop. Finally refit the end cap.
You may find it advantageous to drill a small hole in the pedal body away from the bearing running
surface, and use that in future to inject clean grease from a syringe.
NC
