Changing pedals

mysrh said:

Do I need special tools to change the bike pedals? Can I use ordinary spanner or wrench?

Not necessarily but it would be easier if you have the right (15mm usually) bike spanner.

mysrh said:

and do I need to lubricate certain area?

Yes, grease the threads.

Get a nice Park Pedal Wrench. It will surely save not only time, but your knuckles too! 🙄

mysrh said:

Do I need special tools to change the bike pedals? Can I use ordinary spanner or wrench? and do I need to lubricate certain area?

carbonguru said:

Get a nice Park Pedal Wrench. It will surely save not only time, but your knuckles too! 🙄

[font=Comic Sans MS] a Park Pedal Wrench cost's more than a new set of SPD's down here ,A shifter and a rubber mallet does the trick for me.🙂 [/font]

Some pedals will also have a hole on the back for an allen wrench... Some like my Candy C pedals only have the allen fitting, and no flats for another wrench.

Some (with flats) will have enough distance between the crank and pedal to allow a standard 15mm open end wrench to work.

Remember that the threading is different on each side.

The right side is tightened clockwise.

The left side is the reverse.

I ended up buying a spanner size 15. The adjustable one is just soo dodgy.
Should I tighten the new pedal as tight as possible? There's a note that I should do at certain amount of torque, but how I can measure it.

mysrh said:

I ended up buying a spanner size 15. The adjustable one is just soo dodgy.
Should I tighten the new pedal as tight as possible? There's a note that I should do at certain amount of torque, but how I can measure it.

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mysrh said:

I ended up buying a spanner size 15. The adjustable one is just soo dodgy.
Should I tighten the new pedal as tight as possible? There's a note that I should do at certain amount of torque, but how I can measure it.

On the pedals, I wouldn't worry about the torque. Just make them tight, and check them a couple of times during the year.

mysrh said:

I ended up buying a spanner size 15. The adjustable one is just soo dodgy.
Should I tighten the new pedal as tight as possible? There's a note that I should do at certain amount of torque, but how I can measure it.

For full instructions, see: http://www.shimano.com.au/publish/content/australia/en/cycling/customer_support/service_diagrams/pedals_service_diagrams.html

Did you buy the wrong shoes? Time to buy bike shoes from a shoe shop! 🙄

You can get away with hand tighten ,but its better to give it a little pinch.
Just a little lock tight turn once its nicelly seated .
Remember to grease the thread slightlly ,to ensure ease of removal.

carbonguru said:

Get a nice Park Pedal Wrench. It will surely save not only time, but your knuckles too! 🙄

Yup. I have one the one pictured below. The king of pedal wrenches. It is pricey but on the upside it is big enough to be used to fend off burglers. Downside is that my Keo pedals do not require a wrench.

You don't have to torque the spindle very much. Because of the reverse threading, the spindles will naturally resist unthreading. Pedalling will impart a small amount of torque in the direction each pedal spindle is tightened.

Bro Deal said:

Pedalling will impart a small amount of torque in the direction each pedal spindle is tightened.

True, but you don't want the pedals to be so loose that when you pedal, you're making the trheads rub up against each other the wrong way - that's a one way ticket to stripped threads...

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nerdag said:

True, but you don't want the pedals to be so loose that when you pedal, you're making the trheads rub up against each other the wrong way - that's a one way ticket to stripped threads...

True. I just wanted to emphasize that even though a lot of the specialty pedal wrenches are quite long, giving you a lot of leverage, you should not crank the pedals down too hard.

gclark8 said:

For full instructions, see: shimano.com.aupedals service diagrams.htmlOpen ↗

Did you buy the wrong shoes? Time to buy bike shoes from a shoe shop! 🙄

I change my pedal to Speedplay, slipping from clicking -in the pedal really hurts my leg. But I do think about getting a Sidi shoes though :p

And I thank everyone for the advice

Yellow again!

Is grease and lubricant same thing? I have weld lite, can I use it on the pedal thread? And is weld lite a dry lube or wet one?

mysrh said:

Is grease and lubricant same thing?
I have weld lite, can I use it on the pedal thread?
And is weld lite a dry lube or wet one?

It's like KY Jelly and Vaselene... 🙄 its all used for the same thing.

Is grease and lubricant same thing? I have weld lite, can I use it on the pedal thread? And is weld lite a dry lube or wet one?[/QUOTE]
[font=Comic Sans MS]No they are not, your pedal spindle is usually a different metal compound to the crank. the chemical reaction over time cases the spindle to fuse into the crank, this is only if you never fiddle, or change peddals.Grease is a thick consistency coating,(like vaseline) whereas a lubricant is usually thin, drops or spray.[/font]

[font=Comic Sans MS]If the weld lite is a type of lock nut weld, this is sort of what you are trying to prevent.[/font]

[font='Times New Roman'][font=Comic Sans MS]But all being said, as i remove my spd peddals to put on regular pedals every now and then i don't bother with greasing. And then there are the instances where you get crank creak and end up putting plumbers tape on the spindle threads, to seat it properly.[/font][/font]

This is the lube : phantomcycles.com.auproduct.phpOpen ↗

[quote="mysrh"]This is the lube :

[font=Comic Sans MS]Looks good enough to me,i like the fact you can use it on gears and cables.[/font]

So would you say I don't need to buy grease and use that one I have is ok?