Re: [CR]Reverse pedal threading?

(Example: Framebuilders:Chris Pauley)

From: <themaaslands@comcast.net>
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org (Classic Rendezvous)
Subject: Re: [CR]Reverse pedal threading?
Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 05:13:55 +0000

Ted asked:
> This may very well go down as one of the most
> ridiculous questions in CR history, but has anyone
> ever come across a set of Campagnolo crank arms that
> are 9/16" x 20tpi "reverse threaded?" I tried
> threading a ton of pedals into a set of cranks I have
> and it wasn't until I caught myself by mistake (in a
> state of delirium) trying to thread a RIGHT thread
> pedal into this particular LEFT hand crank when the
> pedal went in just fine. I checked the drive side;
> sure enough, it was quick to take the left pedal.
>
> These cranks look like they may have heli-coils in
> both sides. Did Campagnolo ever manufacture cranks
> with reverse threading? Or am I just sitting on junk?

Tandem cranks

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Steven Maasland
Moorestown, NJ