adjust PD-M515 pedals?

"KBH" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Can shimano PD-M515 pedal bearings be adjusted or overhauled?

Yes.

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I have one that is smooth and one that is 'indexed' or a bit rough in turning. I attempted to
unscrew the grey plastic piece on the spindle which appears to hold the bearings in place, but it
only came out about a cm, then wouldn't move anymore.

Thanks.

The plastic sleeve is easiest to remove with the tool Shimano sells for that purpose (relatively
cheaply for a change, remembering the cost of the tool needed to tighten the locknuts in an older
generation of Shimano SPD pedals),

see sjscycles.comitem5968.htmOpen ↗ for tool

Bear in mind that one of the sleeves is threaded left handed. They should be relatively easy to undo
by hand using wear a pair of stout gloves for protection.

You can then simply clean the bearings without removing them from the cartridge assemmbly, re-pack
with lots of grease and re-assemble (I have found that squeakiness soon manifests itself if you
don't put losts of grease right to the bottom of the hole in the pedal body).

You could remove the ball bearings completely, I have done this, but they are small and the assembly
fiddly to work with so I would advise trying cleaning/greasing with the bearings in situ to see if
that solves the problem.

Now I see why the tool is necessary, I attempted to unscrew the plastic sleeve with a pair of
channel locks, and the sleeve rode up on the wider part of the pedal spindle (near where the wrench
flats are) and broke into pieces - whoops - the shimano tool surrounds the entire sleeve and must
prevent this. The pedal still seems to hold together fine, I just won't have the easy ability to
unscrew the spindle again, and some degree of sealing may be lost.

No chance those sleeves are replaceable is there?

Thanks.

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"KBH" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Can shimano PD-M515 pedal bearings be adjusted or overhauled?

Yes.

Quoted message said:

I have one that is smooth and one that is 'indexed' or a bit rough in turning. I attempted to
unscrew the grey plastic piece on the spindle which appears

to

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

hold the bearings in place, but it only came out about a cm, then

wouldn't

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

move anymore.

Thanks.

The plastic sleeve is easiest to remove with the tool Shimano sells for that purpose (relatively
cheaply for a change, remembering the cost of the tool needed to tighten the locknuts in an older
generation of Shimano SPD pedals),

see sjscycles.comitem5968.htmOpen ↗ for tool

Bear in mind that one of the sleeves is threaded left handed. They should be relatively easy to
undo by hand using wear a pair of stout gloves for protection.

You can then simply clean the bearings without removing them from the cartridge assemmbly, re-pack
with lots of grease and re-assemble (I have found that squeakiness soon manifests itself if you
don't put losts of grease right to the bottom of the hole in the pedal body).

You could remove the ball bearings completely, I have done this, but they are small and the
assembly fiddly to work with so I would advise trying cleaning/greasing with the bearings in situ
to see if that solves the problem.

Looks like I need a new bearing-retaining collar, and apparently there are aftermarket aluminum
versions of these...see:

csn.ul.iesteps.htmlOpen ↗

I'll post another thread and see if anyone has these.

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"KBH" <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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Quoted message said:

Can shimano PD-M515 pedal bearings be adjusted or overhauled?

Yes.

Quoted message said:

I have one that is smooth and one that is 'indexed' or a bit rough in turning. I attempted to
unscrew the grey plastic piece on the spindle which appears

to

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

hold the bearings in place, but it only came out about a cm, then

wouldn't

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

move anymore.

Thanks.

The plastic sleeve is easiest to remove with the tool Shimano sells for that purpose (relatively
cheaply for a change, remembering the cost of the tool needed to tighten the locknuts in an older
generation of Shimano SPD pedals),

see sjscycles.comitem5968.htmOpen ↗ for tool

Bear in mind that one of the sleeves is threaded left handed. They should be relatively easy to
undo by hand using wear a pair of stout gloves for protection.

You can then simply clean the bearings without removing them from the cartridge assemmbly, re-pack
with lots of grease and re-assemble (I have found that squeakiness soon manifests itself if you
don't put losts of grease right to the bottom of the hole in the pedal body).

You could remove the ball bearings completely, I have done this, but they are small and the
assembly fiddly to work with so I would advise trying cleaning/greasing with the bearings in situ
to see if that solves the problem.