Help!! pedal stuck!

for me to get a crank off, i don't straddle it, but i hold it upright
against a wall and stick my foot under the wheel so it can't move. then
i just let go of the seat post and let it fall so i don't have to hold
onto it. then i twist away!. also make sure you're not rounding off the
nut.

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unitoon said:

if worst comes to worst, get someone to saw off the bolt and get a new
one to put in.

i think it's safe to assume that sawing will NEVER have to come into
play when removing a pedal

try spraying WD-40 around it and letting it soak for a while before
attemping.

use a pedal wrench, or another long wrench long enough to provide
enough leverage (a pedal wrench is a cheap nice to have tool)

(and make sure you grease the threads this time before putting the new
pedal on the crank, it will prevent the seizing you have encountered)

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oops. i'm SUCH an idiot. 😉 i was thinking about my seatpost. heh.

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tholub said:

Are you twisting it in the right direction? Left-hand pedals are
reverse-threaded, so you twist clockwise to loosen them. What I do is
straddle the unicycle wheel and sit on it (with the seat dropped
behind); from that vantage point you can just remove both pedals in
"the same" way (pushing the pedal wrench away from you).

If you've already removed the crank, it will be hard to remove the
pedal because you have no leverage. You might want to stick the crank
back on the unicycle so you can loosen the pedal. Or else stick the
crank in a vise.

thanks for the twisting point.... i may have been making things much
worse for myself... id convinced myslef it had to go anti-clockwise to
loosen, but as its the left pedal im goin to have to try clockwise
now!! also i tried getting it off before taking the crank off, but one
of the guys i asked for help decided it wud work better if the crank
was off because the uni was getting in the way... put the new crank on
now though... so i have a pedal-less uni...! o well, will keep trying!!
(the right way this time....!)

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