Stripped Pedals

daino149 said:

Use grease or loctight on the pedal threads to help get them tight and
keep them from freezing up

I'd recommend against using loctite on pedal threads... using grease
will help you to tighten your pedals more easily and effectively than
with dry (ungreased) threads... thus your pedals will stay tighter
longer. With grease, you can take your pedals off (say if you have to
pack your uni in a box or in your car) and put them back on no
problem... the grease stays on the threads and performs its job over
and over.

With Loctite, the first time you remove your pedals, you must carefully
clean the pedal and crank threads (to remove the old Loctite) then
apply a fresh coat of Loctite before achieving the same amount of
"tightness"... the extra adhesion offered by Loctite isn't all that
much, unless you use the "extra strength" Loctite, in which case you
may never be able to remove your pedals at all...

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on my qu-ax my pedals stripped in like 1 month. im outta commission now.
it sucks.

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