stiff Candy

Crank Brother's egg beaters that is.

I've had a set of Candys for nine months now and overall really happy
with them but the right one has gotten really stiff. The left one's
fine so I'm a bit perplexed about that.

Anyway a re-build kit's about 35 bucks, it includes all the seals,
bearings, bushes, screws and o-rings to overhaul a pair of egg beaters.
Thing is it's not something I've done before so I'm a little bit
unclear on what else is required, most specifically what grease do I use?

And other stuff that I can't think of 'cause I don't know the right
questions to ask
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Cheers
Euan

Euan wrote:
Crank Brother's egg beaters that is.

I've had a set of Candys for nine months now and overall really happy
with them but the right one has gotten really stiff. The left one's
fine so I'm a bit perplexed about that.

snip

what do you mean by "stiff"?

are you having problems with the pedal rotation or clipping in/out?

you could probably eek out some more life outta them by just greasing em
up again

you should have got a grease adaptor bitty with pedals in box

from memory just attach hosing to grease tube and squeeze thru.
Better yet, just unscrew endcap and undo allen-key bolt (or whatever is
n there. can't be ares wandering out to shed...) and just pull apart
(note order ), clean and relube.

OR just buy rebuild kit and relube


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flyingdutch

On 2006-06-17, Euan (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
petulance wrote:
Euan wrote:
Crank Brother's egg beaters that is.

I've had a set of Candys for nine months now and overall really happy
with them but the right one has gotten really stiff. The left one's
fine so I'm a bit perplexed about that.

snip

what do you mean by "stiff"?

are you having problems with the pedal rotation or clipping in/out?

Pedal rotation. I don't notice it too much when pedalling but if I turn
it with my hands it takes noticeable effort. I reckon that's where the
annoying creak every pedal stroke is coming from, I'll test that theory
by putting Rocky's eggbeaters on it.

Mine's stiff, because some thread from the leg warmers worked it's way
in there somewhere (I really should have cleaned that out before it
worked it's way in). Makes clipping in a bitch, because I've got to
rotate the pedal manually instead of letting it weight itself.

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TimC
I found love in rhod and you can too...well, not all of
you...not the smelly amongst you -- Kimberly Chapman

Euan Its that white relatively low temp grease that you want to use.
Its the same stuff you use for practically every thing on a bike. Cos
high temp bearing grease is too thick. Its about the consistency of
vasaline (which will do fine instead but wont last all that long. )
THat said it probably doesnt matter if you use high temp bearing grease
in a pedal, its not going to slow you down like it might (a teeny bit)
in a wheel?

Is that enough info or do you want me to go look at my tin of the stuf?.
WHich is years old.


Dave

dave Wrote:
Euan Its that white relatively low temp grease that you want to use.
Dave

i have a suspicion LBS's use different coloured lubes just so they can
tell when you have been unfaithful! :-)

CecilWalker - Blue
Spoken - Red
PeterMoore - White

Have also seen green, yello and grey

flying"lubed-up"Dutch


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flyingdutch

flyingdutch wrote:
dave Wrote:
Euan Its that white relatively low temp grease that you want to use.
Dave

i have a suspicion LBS's use different coloured lubes just so they can
tell when you have been unfaithful! :-)

CecilWalker - Blue
Spoken - Red
PeterMoore - White

Have also seen green, yello and grey

We use green or white grease, depending on which one we bought
recently.
The white grease is a lithium grease, it's supposedly a little better,
but really ... grease is grease for what it gets used on in bikes. As
long as it's got some water repellant ability (and what grease *isn't*
hydrophobic?) ...

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flyingdutch wrote:
dave Wrote:
Euan Its that white relatively low temp grease that you want to use.
Dave

i have a suspicion LBS's use different coloured lubes just so they can
tell when you have been unfaithful! :-)

CecilWalker - Blue
Spoken - Red
PeterMoore - White

Have also seen green, yello and grey

We use green or white grease, depending on which one we bought
recently.
The white grease is a lithium grease, it's supposedly a little better,
but really ... grease is grease for what it gets used on in bikes. As
long as it's got some water repellant ability (and what grease *isn't*
hydrophobic?) ...


I've got a huge tin of "boating" grease which apparently has extra
anti-corrosive goodness to it. I think it's intended for everything up to
and including wheel bearings in boat trailers so I'm betting it's fine for
everything I wasnt it to do.

flyingdutch wrote:
dave Wrote:

Euan Its that white relatively low temp grease that you want to use.
Dave


i have a suspicion LBS's use different coloured lubes just so they can
tell when you have been unfaithful! :-)

CecilWalker - Blue
Spoken - Red
PeterMoore - White

Have also seen green, yello and grey

flying"lubed-up"Dutch




Goodness me, you've been "around" haven't you!


Friday

Euan wrote:
petulance wrote:

Euan wrote:

Crank Brother's egg beaters that is.

I've had a set of Candys for nine months now and overall really happy
with them but the right one has gotten really stiff. The left one's
fine so I'm a bit perplexed about that.


snip

what do you mean by "stiff"?

are you having problems with the pedal rotation or clipping in/out?


Pedal rotation. I don't notice it too much when pedalling but if I turn
it with my hands it takes noticeable effort. I reckon that's where the
annoying creak every pedal stroke is coming from, I'll test that theory
by putting Rocky's eggbeaters on it.

OK. I have a pair of Candys on my mountain bike and I haven't had any
problems with them (but I have only been on them for less than 20 rides).

Crank Bros are meant to have very good customer support so it could be
worth dropping them a line.