Hello and Hi to All:
I'm new here, and I read the forum posts regarding my issue, which is: The helicoil insert is too big to screw into the crank arm, and too small to fit over the pedal - what to do????
Right pedal - wouldn't screw in after many tries (clockwise btw) So, assuming that I screwed up the crank arm threads, I bought a tap 9/16 and a helicoil in order to insert my pedal. The reamer (not good with exact terms) went through the crank arm very easily (I thought that the reaming would not only change the threads, but also make the crank bigger, so that the insert fit through, but hardly anything happened that effected its size). So, like I said above, the insert won't screw into the crank, and it won't slip over the pedal. Not sure what to do because going down a size with the insert, will still not fit over the pedal? Any ideas, please????
I'm new here, and I read the forum posts regarding my issue, which is: The helicoil insert is too big to screw into the crank arm, and too small to fit over the pedal - what to do????
Right pedal - wouldn't screw in after many tries (clockwise btw) So, assuming that I screwed up the crank arm threads, I bought a tap 9/16 and a helicoil in order to insert my pedal. The reamer (not good with exact terms) went through the crank arm very easily (I thought that the reaming would not only change the threads, but also make the crank bigger, so that the insert fit through, but hardly anything happened that effected its size). So, like I said above, the insert won't screw into the crank, and it won't slip over the pedal. Not sure what to do because going down a size with the insert, will still not fit over the pedal? Any ideas, please????