New Landy new life Posted November 2, 2013 Share I have the old fashioned standard flat pedals and need to change the balls in the bearing. Anyone know the diameter of the balls - I need to buy before stripping as I am at work and will fetch on route home from bearing supplier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicoBoshoff Posted November 2, 2013 Share I've found that any question about ball size on the Hub will invariably go South...oops too late DR ◣◢ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Letum911 Posted November 2, 2013 Share The balls in the flat pedal (rider's that is), is in general a bit bigger that those of clip in's... But in term's of pedal bearings, I would suggest you strip it, clean and polish it, repack it with clean grease and ride. It's very rare for pedal bearings to pit due to the fact that they don't collect as much dust as the hub or bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Landy new life Posted November 2, 2013 Share They are pitted from too much water crossings this winter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droo Posted November 3, 2013 Share Depends on the pedal. Could be metric or imperial, so 2 options: 1. Buy 50 of every size bearing between 1/16" and 1/8". They should be somewhere in that range.2. Strip and take a sample to bearing man. You may find you'll have to wait a day anyway, since they quite often don't have those tiny ones in stock unless you go to the Stikland one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Landy new life Posted November 4, 2013 Share was 1/8 inch - lucky I did the job as the inner bearings were dry as a bone and bit rusted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolipoli Posted November 4, 2013 Share Yip, make sure you lube those balls well - nothing worse than sticky balls. AndrewF 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YUMEYA Posted November 4, 2013 Share Damn!! And I gave all my pedals girls names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johannrissik Posted November 4, 2013 Share Any post that mentions balls and nipples is sure to attract attention, so here goes..OK, I know this sounds Freudian, but.. I have thought of tapping a thread into the end-cap or axle housing that takes a grease nipple. One would obviously need to remove the grease nipple for riding and replace it with a capscrew or similar, but at least you could force clean grease in and push the muck out the far side. ? Anybody ever done this?Some of the Santa Cruz bikes have grease nipples. GaryvdM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chro Mo Posted November 4, 2013 Share Would make sense. johannrissik 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droo Posted November 4, 2013 Share Any post that mentions balls and nipples is sure to attract attention, so here goes..OK, I know this sounds Freudian, but.. I have thought of tapping a thread into the end-cap or axle housing that takes a grease nipple. One would obviously need to remove the grease nipple for riding and replace it with a capscrew or similar, but at least you could force clean grease in and push the muck out the far side. ? Anybody ever done this?Some of the Santa Cruz bikes have grease nipples. Usually these sorts of systems put the nipple in the centre of the axle between the two bearings so the old grease is pushed out through both ends, but decent idea. Industrial cartridge bearings also often have nipples in the static outer race for regreasing. Sometimes they even have timed automatic dispensers, but this may be overkill on a bike... johannrissik and GaryvdM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Landy new life Posted November 5, 2013 Share In the ship repair business - we call grease nipples "ornaments" and their lack of use keeps us in business Go idea though - might do the same as a drill and tap and nipple would save time fiddling with those small little ball bearings every winter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johannrissik Posted November 5, 2013 Share Ha! Well-painted nipples, sign of a thorough maintenance programme Please keep me posted if you do implement, there are some details that would make the world of difference (drill diameter, thread size, nipple spec, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Izak Posted November 5, 2013 Share Damn that meeting I was too late Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droo Posted November 5, 2013 Share Ha! Well-painted nipples, sign of a thorough maintenance programme Painted nipples... snigger... If it moves, salute it. If it stands still, paint it. Clearly the wrong kind of nipples then... johannrissik 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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