Re: [CR]Reverse pedal threading?

(Example: Framebuilding:Restoration)

Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 07:31:41 -0400
From: "Joe Bender-Zanoni" <joebz@optonline.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Reverse pedal threading?
To: Ted Baer <wickedsky@sbcglobal.net>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
References: <20040511045956.8704.qmail@web80603.mail.yahoo.com>


Also all you need do to use thise is swap the left and right pedal spindles on "directional " pedals. Its probably a good idea to use locktight.

Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch, NJ


----- Original Message -----
From: Ted Baer
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 12:59 AM
Subject: [CR]Reverse pedal threading?



> Hi all,
>
> 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?
>
> Ted E. Baer
> in windy Palo Alto, CA