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> From: "Paul Williams" <castell5@sympatico.ca>
>
> Any ideas for loosening a stuck rat-trap pedal from a left hand 1960s
> Williams chromed crank?
>
> Paul B. Williams, BAH, MPhil, PhD
> Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
>
Or, better yet (at least I think so...), disassemble the pedal, put the
spindle in a vice and drill it out from the back-side with a bit that is
just a bit smaller than the pedal threads... the rest of the spindle
will fall out ...
Thomas Seaman
Portland, Oregon
U.S. of A.
> Date: Sun, 18 May 2008 22:49:46 -0400
> From: John Betmanis <johnb@oxford.net>
>
>
>> >Any ideas for loosening a stuck rat-trap pedal froma left hand 1960s
>> >Williams chromed crank? Came that way! Want to use the cranks but the
>> >pedals are junk.
>>
>
> I assume you've tried a pedal wrench. These are usually longer-than-normal,
> thin, 9/16" wrenches, that require a sharp rap with a hammer to loosen the
> thread. If the pedal is junk, disassemble it from the spindle and clamp the
> spindle in a large bench vise and try turning the crank with a big pipe. If
> it doesn't want to budge and the crank might bend, heat and quench the
> spindle a couple of times to loosen the threads. (You know, of course, that
> the LH pedal gas a LH thread.)
>
> John Betmanis
> Woodstock, Ontario
> Canada