What size is a pedal nut?

domesticated ape said:

I just bought a set of these and found that there is play in the left
pedal. I've been told that the nut needs tightening, but I don't have
the right size spanner (or socket) and need to know what to buy.

how did you get the end cap off? any suggestion on how to do it without
causing too much damage?

one of my khe pedals has also developed some play along with an
unnerving "sproing" sound on each rotation. it goes away if i put very
little weight on my pedals. do you think it might just need
tightening?

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Hey Liam, I'm not sure what the exact size of the nut is, but might I
suggest a kit like a 'B&Q Starter Kit' (http://tinyurl.com/ysdhp8)? I
have one of these (the previous model, in the grey case), and the
sockets are wide ranged and of good quality in both metric & imperial.
The spanners are a bit hit & miss (my 15mm has snapped, but my 10mm has
held up to a lot of abuse) and the rest of the tools are really useful,
especially the bit sets, which allow you to take a full set of allen
keys and an ADP so you can use sockets on a ride without taking tons of
tools. Just a suggestion, and not a bad price, I've got more than £20
of use from mine. There's a nice, zoomable high-res image 'here'
(http://tinyurl.com/34s2wn), so you can read which sizes and tools are
included.

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the nuts on my snafu pedals are 12mm
tightning them up is easy, I have just taken both my pedals apart
cleaned them up, packed them with some good quality waterproof polly
grease and put them back together because they got wet and the grease
turned to emulsion (if you are taking your pedals apart DO NOT do it on
gravel, chances are you will loose alot of berrings that way, do them
on carpet is probably best)

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pix said:

how did you get the end cap off? any suggestion on how to do it without
causing too much damage?

one of my khe pedals has also developed some play along with an
unnerving "sproing" sound on each rotation. it goes away if i put very
little weight on my pedals. do you think it might just need
tightening?

pix.

I just used a sharp pointy knife, slid it down the side and popped them
off.
my pedals did the same after I went riding in the rain so I have re
greased mine with a good quaility molly grease, you may just need to
tighten them but I would check your grease as well, if it looks like an
umulsion replace it. when you tighten your pedals you will have to take
off the small nut then there will be a washer and another nut with the
inner race, that second (bigger) nut only needs to just be touching the
berrings DO NOT DO IT UP TIGHT just keep trying it untill there is no
play in it when the smaller nut it tight but it still spins nicly. if
you do it up to tight you will pit your race and cause dammage. I think
it is more important for them to be well greased with a good grease and
not to be over tightened than for them to have no movement in them.

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sp4rky-m4rky said:

when you tighten your pedals you will have to take off the small nut
then there will be a washer and another nut with the inner race, that
second (bigger) nut only needs to just be touching the berrings DO NOT
DO IT UP TIGHT just keep trying it untill there is no play in it when
the smaller nut it tight but it still spins nicly. if you do it up to
tight you will pit your race and cause dammage.

wow, was that ever some fiddly [censored]! 😉

if i had some kind of tool that could hold the larger nut in place and
stop it from further tightening as i put on the smaller nut, it would
have been a lot easier than the trial-and-error method i resorted to.

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You can't have any fun without basic tools. Here in the states, Sears
craftsman are often on sale.
If you buy the tools one at a time, it will cost 3 times as much as
just buying the whole set.
I spray paint my metric ones that are common size. Red- 8 mm yellow
ten, the same for the sockets. This saves lot's of time cause my eyes
can't read the little silver print anymore.😎

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feel the light said:

You can't have any fun without basic tools.

i have access to plenty of basic tools. i'm just not sure what tool
would really have been able to do what i needed. the obvious thought
would be a socket, but with the socket holding the rear nut, you can't
tighten the one in front. i ended up holding the rear nut with a pair
of longnose pliers, while tightening the locking nut with another pair
of pliers.

actually after riding it briefly, the problem has returned, so that
wasn't very successful. i wonder if something more serious has gone
wrong beyond mere loosening.

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