Favorite Pedal Wrench?

splbound said:

I'm in the market for a good long pedal wrench. Anyone have a favorite? Park PW-4? Eldi?

Using a Park in the local community workshop and an Eldi at home: both do the job, the Eldi IMHO is
sufficient for home usage.

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I'm in the market for a good long pedal wrench. Anyone have a favorite?

Park PW-4? Eldi?

Eldi #61, at any real LBS.

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Andy-<< Eldi #61, at any real LBS.

Concur-the Pedro's one is a good one for the home...

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splbound said:

I'm in the market for a good long pedal wrench. Anyone have a favorite? Park PW-4? Eldi?

My favorite is a Craftsman 15mm open end, #44507. It fits every pair of pedals I own except for my
Look PP247s. For these I have a LIFU 33A1, but don't think much of it. The offset handle makes it
clumsy to use.

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John Everett said:

My favorite is a Craftsman 15mm open end, #44507.

The jaws of a standard 15mm open end wrench are not strong enough to remove a tight pedal. The
jaws will just bend. If you've always been able to use such a wrench to remove pedals, you have
been lucky.
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Pete Geurds said:

Terry Morse said:

The jaws of a standard 15mm open end wrench are not strong enough to remove a tight pedal. The
jaws will just bend. If you've always been able to use such a wrench to remove pedals, you have
been lucky.

A cheap wrench might bend. I use a Craftsman wrench too. Hasn't failed yet. I've used a hammer to
"help" it too. If it does fail they'll give me a new one!

Any standard open ended wrench will bend on a stuck pedal, cheap or expensive. Obviously, you have
not had to remove a truly stuck pedal. Remember, the more you ride, the tighter you pedals get.
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Terry Morse said:

Any standard open ended wrench will bend on a stuck pedal, cheap or expensive. Obviously, you have
not had to remove a truly stuck pedal. Remember, the more you ride, the tighter you pedals get.
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I didn't believe you , so I just tried. Those pedals are damned tight and after only 2000 miles.
Here's my problem I have to box my bike up to take it overseas next weekend, how the hell do I get
the pedals off? I'm a pretty strong bloke but they just don't budge. I tried the allen key and also
with an open ended spanner with an extension bar, I now have one less allen key and one less spanner
in my tool kit. Well actually 5 less allen keys it was one of those cheapy multi tool dealies which
fell apart in my hand. Please help me. Oh I don't really want to carry a pedal wrench around Asia
but I'll need to take them off when I come back again.

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Terry Morse said:

Any standard open ended wrench will bend on a stuck pedal, cheap or expensive. Obviously, you
have not had to remove a truly stuck pedal. Remember, the more you ride, the tighter you
pedals get.

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I didn't believe you , so I just tried. Those pedals are damned tight and after only 2000 miles.
Here's my problem I have to box my bike up to take it overseas next weekend, how the hell do I get
the pedals off? I'm a pretty strong bloke but they just don't budge. I tried the allen key and
also with an open ended spanner with an extension bar, I now have one less allen key and one less
spanner in my tool kit. Well actually 5 less allen keys it was one of those cheapy multi tool
dealies which fell apart in my hand. Please help me. Oh I don't really want to carry a pedal
wrench around Asia but I'll need to take them off when I come back again.

Consult a competent LBS. They can remove the pedals, clear the crud out of the threads and suggest a
pedal wrench among their various lengths and brands.

A pedal wrench is often part of a cyclist's vacation kit. It can sit in an airport locker while you
are cycling if the weight bothers you.
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Terry Morse said:

Any standard open ended wrench will bend on a stuck pedal, cheap or expensive. Obviously, you
have not had to remove a truly stuck pedal. Remember, the more you ride, the tighter you
pedals get.

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I didn't believe you , so I just tried. Those pedals are damned tight and after only 2000 miles.
Here's my problem I have to box my bike up to take it overseas next weekend, how the hell do I
get the pedals off? I'm a pretty strong bloke but they just don't budge. I tried the allen key
and also with an open ended spanner with an extension bar, I now have one less allen key and one
less spanner in my tool kit. Well actually 5 less allen keys it was one of those cheapy multi
tool dealies which fell apart in my hand. Please help me. Oh I don't really want to carry a
pedal wrench around Asia but I'll need to take them off when I come back again.

Consult a competent LBS. They can remove the pedals, clear the crud out of the threads and suggest
a pedal wrench among their various lengths and brands.

A pedal wrench is often part of a cyclist's vacation kit. It can sit in an airport locker while
you are cycling if the weight bothers you.

What differentiates a pedal wrench from an ordinary open-ended wrench? So far, all my pedals have
been removable with the latter. The only trick I use is that I try to position the wrench so that I
can squeeze the wrench and crankarm together when I am loosening or tightening the pedal.

Looking at Park's site, the pedal wrench does look meatier. Am I going to spread my open-end wrench
by taking off my pedals?

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A Muzi said:

A pedal wrench is often part of a cyclist's vacation kit. It can sit in an airport locker while
you are cycling if the weight bothers you.

Man, you haven't flown lately. All the airport lockers were closed after 9/11...

Sam

splbound said:

I'm in the market for a good long pedal wrench. Anyone have a favorite? Park PW-4? Eldi?

I have a Park PW-3 that works fine. I ran into a problem when I got some Time ATAC carbon pedals. No
wrench flats! Hex only.

If I were buying today I'd get Pedros "Hex pedal wrench". It's basically a big hex wrench with a
handle on it. All the bikes I interact with through a pedal tool take the same size hex. "Hex shank
protrudes through handle helps quickly thread pedals into crank arms. Long length and comfortable
handles tighten pedals securely." This link will get you close to a picture. Click on "pedal tools":
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Terry Morse wrote:
>Any standard open ended wrench will bend on a stuck pedal, cheap or expensive. Obviously, you
>have not had to remove a truly stuck pedal. Remember, the more you ride, the tighter you
>pedals get.

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I didn't believe you , so I just tried. Those pedals are damned tight and after only 2000
miles. Here's my problem I have to box my bike up to take it overseas next weekend, how the
hell do I get the pedals off? I'm a pretty strong bloke but they just don't budge. I tried the
allen key and also with an open ended spanner with an extension bar, I now have one less allen
key and one less spanner in my tool kit. Well actually 5 less allen keys it was one of those
cheapy multi tool

dealies

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which fell apart in my hand. Please help me. Oh I don't really want to carry a pedal wrench
around Asia but I'll

need

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to take them off when I come back again.

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Consult a competent LBS. They can remove the pedals, clear the crud out of the threads and

suggest a

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pedal wrench among their various lengths and brands.

A pedal wrench is often part of a cyclist's vacation kit. It can sit in

an

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airport locker while you are cycling if the weight bothers you.

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What differentiates a pedal wrench from an ordinary open-ended wrench? So far, all my pedals have
been removable with the latter. The only trick I use is that I try to position the wrench so that
I can squeeze the wrench and crankarm together when I am loosening or tightening the pedal.

Looking at Park's site, the pedal wrench does look meatier. Am I going to spread my open-end
wrench by taking off my pedals?

Traditionally, pedals did not have more than four or five millimeters of wrench flat available.
Hence the distinctive shape of a pedal wrench - long, thin and with more material than other
wrenches around the head because of that length and thinness.

Lately there's enough room for a full width normal combination wrench. We have used our long series
(230mm) SnapOn 15mm wrenches with a pipe over the end occaisionally without harm to the wrench.

We use the nicely designed Eldi #61 for almost all pedal loosening and tightening. But those don't
take a pipe easily for the odd job which requires excessive leverage.

Ryan makes a good point about technique in that the wrench should be parallel to the crank, or
nearly so, for best results.
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A Muzi said:

A pedal wrench is often part of a cyclist's vacation kit. It can sit in

an

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airport locker while you are cycling if the weight bothers you.

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Man, you haven't flown lately. All the airport lockers were closed after 9/11...

I haven't in many years. Sorry.

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Ryan Cousineau said:

The only trick I use is that I try to position the wrench so that I can squeeze the wrench and
crankarm together when I am loosening or tightening the pedal.

I secure the crankarm to the chainstay with a toe strap.

Wayne

I have a Perk and LOVE it! there is very little play between the wrench and the flats on the pedal
(less chance of "rounding"😉 and the peened surface look sow kewl!

Yoyu'll paw for it though ;-3)

May you have the wind at your back. And a really low gear for the hills! Chris

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Terry Morse said:

The jaws of a standard 15mm open end wrench are not strong enough to remove a tight pedal. The
jaws will just bend. If you've always

Not so for appropriate values of "standard", those tend to be too wide though for some
pedals though.

A locksmith's son,

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splbound said:

I'm in the market for a good long pedal wrench. Anyone have a favorite? Park PW-4? Eldi?

Gosh, I have never had a problem removing any pedal that I installed. Even after many years. I
always use a good little dollop of anti-seize. Don't want to use too much, but definitely not too
little. Although I have stripped the threads removing other peoples installations. I use anti-seize
on free wheel & fixed cup threads, & grease on all other threads, unless I use Loctite on non-fully
torqued threads, such as derailer pulley bolts, or cantilever brake bolts. I think I was very lucky,
many years ago (say the '60, maybe earlier) when I was young, to have encountered stuck pedals &
have learned how impossible they can be. Also when I have a seized thread, I soak it w/ penetrating
oil, & rap it smartly w/ a small hammer, to try to aid the oil penetration w/ vibration. I really
don't know if all this works, but it seems to. BTW I've always felt that grease or oil does not ruin
the function of Loctite? It may not hold as well, but it seems to hold well enough. Does anyone know
definitively if this is correct or not? Thanks John