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Old September 3rd 06, 09:20 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Mike Rocket J Squirrel
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For Back To School, I gave my purposely crummy school bike the bi-annual
once-over inspection and noticed that one of the PD-M505 pedals was
feeling pretty loose on its bearings so I took it apart. I popped off
the plastic end cover and exposed a 10mm stopnut. It was on pretty
tight, and I had to clamp the pedal in the vice and use a 10-inch socket
wrench handle to get it off.

Under the stopnut is the bearing cone that accepts a 13mm wrench -- or
it would, but all of my 13mm sockets are too fat to get in there.
Anyway, the cone turned off with a little screwdriver poking and I took
everything apart and gave it all a cleaning.

Now I'm trying to figure out how to assemble it properly. The socket
used to tighten the stopnut fills the opening so that I can't grab the
bearing cone and prevent it from over-tightening when I tighten the
stopnut. What's the trick here?

-- mike elliott, on a Labor Day weekend with (clearly) nothing better to do.
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Old September 3rd 06, 10:50 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Wayne Pein
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Default Bearing adjustment, SPD pedal

Mike Rocket J Squirrel wrote:

For Back To School, I gave my purposely crummy school bike the bi-annual
once-over inspection and noticed that one of the PD-M505 pedals was
feeling pretty loose on its bearings so I took it apart. I popped off
the plastic end cover and exposed a 10mm stopnut. It was on pretty
tight, and I had to clamp the pedal in the vice and use a 10-inch socket
wrench handle to get it off.

Under the stopnut is the bearing cone that accepts a 13mm wrench -- or
it would, but all of my 13mm sockets are too fat to get in there.
Anyway, the cone turned off with a little screwdriver poking and I took
everything apart and gave it all a cleaning.

Now I'm trying to figure out how to assemble it properly. The socket
used to tighten the stopnut fills the opening so that I can't grab the
bearing cone and prevent it from over-tightening when I tighten the
stopnut. What's the trick here?

-- mike elliott, on a Labor Day weekend with (clearly) nothing better to
do.


There is a special tool for the job.

You might be able to hold the cone with a very thin screwdriver, but my
attempts at that were marginal, so I broke down and bought the tool. I
figured I'll always have SPDs on multiple bikes for me and my wife, and
it would ultimately be worth it.

Wayne

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Old September 4th 06, 01:05 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Mike Rocket J Squirrel
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Default Bearing adjustment, SPD pedal

Wayne Pein wrote:
Mike Rocket J Squirrel wrote:

For Back To School, I gave my purposely crummy school bike the
bi-annual once-over inspection and noticed that one of the PD-M505
pedals was feeling pretty loose on its bearings so I took it apart. I
popped off the plastic end cover and exposed a 10mm stopnut. It was on
pretty tight, and I had to clamp the pedal in the vice and use a
10-inch socket wrench handle to get it off.

Under the stopnut is the bearing cone that accepts a 13mm wrench -- or
it would, but all of my 13mm sockets are too fat to get in there.
Anyway, the cone turned off with a little screwdriver poking and I
took everything apart and gave it all a cleaning.

Now I'm trying to figure out how to assemble it properly. The socket
used to tighten the stopnut fills the opening so that I can't grab the
bearing cone and prevent it from over-tightening when I tighten the
stopnut. What's the trick here?

-- mike elliott, on a Labor Day weekend with (clearly) nothing better
to do.


There is a special tool for the job.


Thanks, Wayne -- what's the tool?

-- mike elliott
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Old September 4th 06, 02:36 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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On Sun, 03 Sep 2006 17:05:42 -0700, Mike Rocket J Squirrel
wrote:

Wayne Pein wrote:
Mike Rocket J Squirrel wrote:

For Back To School, I gave my purposely crummy school bike the
bi-annual once-over inspection and noticed that one of the PD-M505
pedals was feeling pretty loose on its bearings so I took it apart. I
popped off the plastic end cover and exposed a 10mm stopnut. It was on
pretty tight, and I had to clamp the pedal in the vice and use a
10-inch socket wrench handle to get it off.

Under the stopnut is the bearing cone that accepts a 13mm wrench -- or
it would, but all of my 13mm sockets are too fat to get in there.
Anyway, the cone turned off with a little screwdriver poking and I
took everything apart and gave it all a cleaning.

Now I'm trying to figure out how to assemble it properly. The socket
used to tighten the stopnut fills the opening so that I can't grab the
bearing cone and prevent it from over-tightening when I tighten the
stopnut. What's the trick here?

-- mike elliott, on a Labor Day weekend with (clearly) nothing better
to do.


There is a special tool for the job.


Thanks, Wayne -- what's the tool?

-- mike elliott


Dear Mike,

This page may show it:

http://www.biketoolsetc.com/index.cg...a l&tc=&q=&s=

Cheers,

Carl Fogel

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Old September 4th 06, 03:22 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
JeffWills
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Dear Mike,

This page may show it:

http://www.biketoolsetc.com/index.cg...a l&tc=&q=&s=

Specifically:
http://www.biketoolsetc.com/index.cg..._id=SH-TL-PD33

Oddly, the QBP catalog on Harris' site does not show it.

Jeff

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Old September 4th 06, 11:23 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Mike Rocket J Squirrel
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Default Bearing adjustment, SPD pedal

JeffWills wrote:
wrote:

Dear Mike,

This page may show it:

http://www.biketoolsetc.com/index.cg...a l&tc=&q=&s=

Specifically:
http://www.biketoolsetc.com/index.cg..._id=SH-TL-PD33


Kewl.

Oddly, the QBP catalog on Harris' site does not show it.


That's probably why I could not find it on the Harris QBP site.

Thanks!

-- mike elliott
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Old September 4th 06, 11:39 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Mike Rocket J Squirrel
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Default Bearing adjustment, SPD pedal

wrote:
On Sun, 03 Sep 2006 17:05:42 -0700, Mike Rocket J Squirrel
wrote:

Wayne Pein wrote:
Mike Rocket J Squirrel wrote:

For Back To School, I gave my purposely crummy school bike the
bi-annual once-over inspection and noticed that one of the PD-M505
pedals was feeling pretty loose on its bearings so I took it apart. I
popped off the plastic end cover and exposed a 10mm stopnut. It was on
pretty tight, and I had to clamp the pedal in the vice and use a
10-inch socket wrench handle to get it off.

Under the stopnut is the bearing cone that accepts a 13mm wrench -- or
it would, but all of my 13mm sockets are too fat to get in there.
Anyway, the cone turned off with a little screwdriver poking and I
took everything apart and gave it all a cleaning.

Now I'm trying to figure out how to assemble it properly. The socket
used to tighten the stopnut fills the opening so that I can't grab the
bearing cone and prevent it from over-tightening when I tighten the
stopnut. What's the trick here?

-- mike elliott, on a Labor Day weekend with (clearly) nothing better
to do.
There is a special tool for the job.

Thanks, Wayne -- what's the tool?

-- mike elliott


Dear Mike,

This page may show it:

http://www.biketoolsetc.com/index.cg...a l&tc=&q=&s=


Thanks, Carl.

-- mike elliott
 




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