On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 03:00:14 GMT, "Pyrtwist" <
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wrote:
>I got a LX crank that was ridden with a loose pedal and consequently
>destroyed threading. Is there a way to repair this?
Maybe. A Helicoil will work if the crank's not too badly torn up. If
it's on the left, though, you'll be lucky to find a shop that has the
kit to do it. If the hole is badly wallowed, there may not be enough
meat left to rethread for the coil, and if the contact face is bashed
as well, the pedal won't have a square surface to tighten against. So
far, every wallowed crank I've seen was effectively junk; not worth
the heroic measures that would have been needed to save it.
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