Loose Pedal on semcycle?!?!?!?!?!

Maybe its the cranks that are loose. Did you check those?

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ya both cranks are tight.

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can you wiggle the pedal at all? that is, if you push / pull on the
pedal, in line with the axle, does the pedal move? there may be some
bearing problems, or the pedal assembly itself may be loose (as opposed
to the pedal's axle being loose in the crank)

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well i took the cap off the pedal and try to tighten (the axle?) but it
was already really tight. The pedal only wiggles when it gets really
loose in the spot where it connects to the crank. Could it be the
bearings? would it make it feel like the pedal/crank is shifting? When
it came in the box the frame was already connected to the wheel.

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skate4flip said:

The pedal only wiggles when it gets really loose in the spot where it
connects to the crank. Could it be the bearings?

First check out 'the Unicyclopedia's maintenance page'
(http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/The_Unicyclopedia:Maintenance) and follow
their suggestions... try a little grease / anti-sieze / blue Loc-tite
on the crank / pedal interface and see if things stay tight.

Since the pedals are new the bearings should be in good shape... if
you're still wondering, though, you could take the pedal apart and
examine the bearings. See 'Brian MacKenzie's page on pedal overhaul'
(http://londonunicyclingclub.ca/pedalbearings.htm) for the gory
details.

Good luck!

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maestro8 said:

First check out 'the Unicyclopedia's maintenance page'
(http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/The_Unicyclopedia:Maintenance) and follow
their suggestions... try a little grease / anti-sieze / blue Loc-tite
on the crank / pedal interface and see if things stay tight.

Since the pedals are new the bearings should be in good shape... if
you're still wondering, though, you could take the pedal apart and
examine the bearings. See 'Brian MacKenzie's page on pedal overhaul'
(http://londonunicyclingclub.ca/pedalbearings.htm) for the gory
details.

Good luck!

Thanks for links. I was thinking to use loctite but wasnt sure. Would i
be able to get blue loctite from a local hardward store (or any local
store) or can only order online (unicycle.com)?

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I had the same problem with my bedford 20", and have seen the problem on
about 20 other unicycles. I used red locktite on mine straight away
and haven't had a problem since. When you think of it, the only real
problem with locktite is that if you ever need to replace the pedals,
they are harder to remove or you need to replace the cranks as well. I
have never heard of anybody replacing their pedals.

I think this is a design defect with pedals and cranks in general,
and that the problem ultimatelly resides in the metal of the crank
itself, which has nothing to do with the specific brand of unicycle.
You will notice that the metal of the pedal and that of the crank is
very different (at least in apearance), and that the metal of the crank
is the one that gets damaged. Perhaps somedy can be convinced to make
a composite crank, a normal one, with the end made of the metal the
pedal is made of... or you can just use licktite, -or weld it on for
that matter 🙂

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I think a lot of us change pedals. I've broken two pedals, and have
changed others out just out of preference.
I've also epoxied pedals in place when they start to get loose before.
2-ton epoxy (or something like JB Weld, which is epoxy with metal
filings) will work great, and last a very long time. Eventually, I
needed to change the cranks on that uni, so I blowtorched the cranks
until the epoxy melted and I could pull out the pedal again--so it is
reversible, but it'll dry up the grease in the pedals if you're not
careful. Loctite has many kinds of removable glues that I'm sure would
work just as well if not better. My situation was a bit of a special
case where the threads were completely gone and the pedal just slipped
in and out of it with no resistance, so I needed a good gap-filling
glue.)

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What kind of loctite do i need to get to keep my pedals tight? Because
at a local walmart they had many different kinds of loctite and my mom
wasnt sure what to get. She said she didnt see red or blue or green
loctite, but the boxes were all blue and they said were like different
kinds of super glue or something?

Would this be the right kind of 'loctite' (http://tinyurl.com/dtset) to
get? If not could someone find an image of the right one? thanks.

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