Re: [CR]Removing stuck pedals, loosening stuck threads

(Example: Production Builders:Peugeot:PX-10LE)

Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:45:12 +0100
From: "M-gineering" <info@m-gineering.nl>
Cc: "Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]Removing stuck pedals, loosening stuck threads
References: <BAY101-W27C17BD20D15BC1D98CD9BD60A0@phx.gbl>
In-Reply-To:


Reid Fisher wrote: I had always heard that heat worked wonders,
> and recently learned that it really does work, if you can get the right
> part to expand. So, for pedals you're wanting the crank to expand, the
> pedal axle not. Wrap the part you don't want to heat with a cold wet rag
> , maybe.

The aluminium crank expands three times as much as the steel part, so no need for wet rags.

mvg

Marten Gerritsen
Kiel Windeweer
Netherlands