Keo pedals

Neal said:

I have a set of keo Sprint pedals with only about 4000 miles on them. I
really like the pedal but they have developed an annoying clicking sound
every revolution. The noise is coming from the pedals because I changed to
an older pedal and the noise stopped. I can't find any information about
disassembling the pedals and possibly repacking the bearings. Is this worth
the effort or should I consider a pedal like the Speedplay?

that's not an extraordinary amount of miles for a pedal to need
servicing. If they're serviceable, it should be quite obvious how to
take it apart. The only thing that's sometimes needed that's out of
the ordinary is a small thin wall socket*. My cheap Wellgos required a
thin wall 9mm socket. I quickly made one from a cheap auto parts store
socket and a grinder.

If your pedals are two cartridge bearings, the retaining nut on the
spindle may have come loose. That's a dead simple fix. If the
cartridge bearing are worn out, with play giving you that annoying
"click" you'll need to source some new ones. If your town has an
industrial bearing supply house, you can often get them for a fiver
each. You'll need to punch them out and press them in. I use blocks of
wood and a wood working clamp to due this.

If your pedals have outboard bushings instead of bearings, make sure
to clean and grease them.

*Unless it's a Shimano pedal of course:

http://parktool.com/repair/readhowto.asp?id=84

Neal said:

I have a set of keo Sprint pedals with only about 4000 miles on them. I
really like the pedal but they have developed an annoying clicking sound
every revolution. The noise is coming from the pedals because I changed to
an older pedal and the noise stopped. I can't find any information about
disassembling the pedals and possibly repacking the bearings. Is this worth
the effort or should I consider a pedal like the Speedplay?

Neal

I had this once, turned out all it needed was grease on the mounting
threads. Worth a try.

Chris

Neal said:

I have a set of keo Sprint pedals with only about 4000 miles on them. I
really like the pedal but they have developed an annoying clicking sound
every revolution. The noise is coming from the pedals because I changed to
an older pedal and the noise stopped. I can't find any information about
disassembling the pedals and possibly repacking the bearings. Is this worth
the effort or should I consider a pedal like the Speedplay?

Neal

Look pedals are pretty easy to take apart *if* you have the special
Look tool for getting them open.
lickbike.comproductpage.aspxOpen ↗

The spindle comes right out. There's an inboard cartridge bearing and
an outboard needle bearing. If the carttridge bearing is shot then
you've got issues, but it's easy to grease the needle bearing.

Neal said:

I have a set of keo Sprint pedals with only about 4000 miles on them. I
really like the pedal but they have developed an annoying clicking sound
every revolution. The noise is coming from the pedals because I changed to
an older pedal and the noise stopped. I can't find any information about
disassembling the pedals and possibly repacking the bearings. Is this worth
the effort or should I consider a pedal like the Speedplay?

Neal

Look pedals are pretty easy to take apart *if* you have the special
Look tool for getting them open.
lickbike.comproductpage.aspxOpen ↗

The spindle comes right out. There's an inboard cartridge bearing and
an outboard needle bearing. If the carttridge bearing is shot then
you've got issues, but it's easy to grease the needle bearing.