Re: [CR] Overhauling Super Record Ti pedals

(Example: Framebuilders)

Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 06:04:56 -0600
From: "John Thompson" <john@os2.dhs.org>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR] Overhauling Super Record Ti pedals


James G Allen wrote:
> That's exactly what I do but then I spend hours? monkeying with the cone
> and locknut to get the bearings just right, no play/no binding. It's
> hard to hold the cone in place while tightening the locknut. Is there a
> trick or tool for that?

I jam a screwdriver blade in there to hold the hold steady while I tighten the locknut.

And an axle vise is handy to hold the pedal whilst doing all this. As it happens, the hole on the side of the Campy hub axle vise can work for this:

http://os2.dhs.org/~john/pedal-axle.jpg

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John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA