Crank Brother Pedal Service - Fail

[kinggrant]

A couple months ago I purchased a set of crank brothers Candy 2 pedals, to replace my old candy 1's that came on my bike. Now although they not the top of the range they retail for R1399 incl cleats which isn't cheap.

 

After many rides in good and bad weather, they were not sounding to great do I ventured to disassemble clean and grease.

 

After getting the one pedal apart and cleaned and back together, it's impossible to get that plastic end cap back on (after struggling for an hour).

 

Out of frustration I just went onto the other pedal (saving the original pedals end cap assembly for last), I was not able to even remove the end cap on the other pedal it just started stripping.

 

Now I sit with and serviced pedal missing a plastic end cap that will not thread back on, and a 70% stripped end cap on a pedal that is not serviced.

 

Did anyone else experience this?

Does anyone know if there is a place to get metal end caps?

 

I'm stuck and annoyed....

[velomonatiCT]

possibly this thread should be called...

Please help me service my crank brothers pedals !

 

you can order metal caps online so im sure a LBS would have some

Edited September 27, 2015 by velomonatiCT

[kinggrant]

possibly this thread should be called...Please help me service my crank brothers pedals !you can order metal caps online so im sure a LBS would have some

Maybe phrased incorrectly, was looking at who else had a problem with this end cap?

 

Ok googled couldn't find any metal caps locally just on aliexpress although cheap everything from them seems to disappoint, but will chat to my lbs Monday.

[raptor-22]

Buy a rebuild kit. New end caps are included. The end caps on many of these save for the higher end pedals are considered sacrificial

[popcorn_skollie]

Try the end caps from the old set