Butterbean Posted October 28, 2019 Share Remember, "Right is Right, Left is Wrong". And you need to focus if the bike is in an upside-down position, you can get confused very quickly, which allot of bikes are when home-mechanics work on them without a bike-stand...I've found the way that works for me to remember is, with the bike on its wheels, and the Allen key/spanner perpendicular to the ground but sticking above the crank, towards the back of the bike is loose, and towards the front is tight. Both sides. I usually like to have the arm horizontal to the ground but pointing to the front. That was a I can get leverage by holding the back brake and no holding on crank arms needs to take place. Might help someone avoiding a strip. Vetplant and dirtypot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
100Tours Posted October 28, 2019 Share Or when trying to remove a stubborn pedal. Something that helps is to have the chain on the biggest chainring - it offers some protection. Using a wrench with a long lever helps and if it's really stubborn, giving the wrench handle a whack with a hammer can help - the sudden jolt seems to work. Of course you need to be loosening it in the correct direction as well The thread is in the opposite directio to the power stroke when actually pedalling. So if you work out which direction you would move the wrench to backpedal the crank, then this will loosen the thread. In my experience most grazed knuckles result from using too short a wrench (or a multitool). You just have to learn to think through the follow through your hand is going to do when the pedal releases. Vetplant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddy Gordo Posted October 28, 2019 Share Righty tighty lefty loosy, but pedals are opposite. MORNE 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vetplant Posted October 28, 2019 Share Righty tighty lefty loosy, but LEFT pedals are opposite. Steven Knoetze (sk27), MORNE and BaGearA 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJR Posted October 28, 2019 Share Patience .... and being methodical is really also all one needs for a good bleed on a set of Avids. You forgot YouTubeAdd to only attempt that job on a full moon and in the middle of a pentagram drawn in brake fluid ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted October 28, 2019 Share Add to only attempt that job on a full moon and in the middle of a pentagram drawn in brake fluid ! you clearly do not have patience DJR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
100Tours Posted October 28, 2019 Share I never liked the idea of hammering a new crown race onto a fork with some oversized piece of pipe as the driver. Even less the idea of trying to pry the crown race off again with a screwdriver should you choose to change your headset. So I was very pleased to see Hope eventually produced a crown race with a split in it - so you can fit it and remove it by hand. So now when I fit a crown race I cut the ring open with a hacksaw and put it on by hand. Haven't seen a downside to this yet. ichnusa, PhilipV and Hairy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORNE Posted October 28, 2019 Share Righty tighty lefty loosy, but LEFT pedals are opposite. leftist bastards...soon we'll have to refer to them by some other name cause they can't figure out what they wan't to be.... Edited October 28, 2019 by morneS555 LBKloppers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtypot Posted October 28, 2019 Share I've found the way that works for me to remember is, with the bike on its wheels, and the Allen key/spanner perpendicular to the ground but sticking above the crank, towards the back of the bike is loose, and towards the front is tight. Both sides. This is my method too. Simple and effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Knoetze (sk27) Posted October 28, 2019 Share The ball end of an allen key is only get bolts snug and not for tightening. When they snap off, they are a ball-ache to get out the allen cap hole!!!! BigDL, DJR, MORNE and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORNE Posted October 28, 2019 Share The ball end of an allen key is only get bolts snug and not for tightening. When they snap off, they are a ball-ache to get out the allen cap hole!!!!Ball-End-L-Hex-Wrench.pnghaha this reminds me of a time i tried getting a bolt out at a track one day and it was at an angle (what they are meant for too) and a bit "snug"....ended up snapping mine's head off as you say....then proceeded to borrow one out of the Snap-On toolbox from the guys pitting next to us.....and broke that too LOL. oops Edited October 28, 2019 by morneS555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droo Posted October 29, 2019 Share You forgot YouTube Youtube is dangerous. Read the manual. Wayne pudding Mol, TIB, PhilipV and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIB Posted October 29, 2019 Share Read the manual. ONLY if all else fails..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geomark Posted October 29, 2019 Share Youtube is dangerous. Read the manual.You professionals...where's your sense of adventure? Wouldn't have this thread if everyone read the manual Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Posted October 29, 2019 Share Youtube is dangerous. Read the manual.The nice thing about Youtube is that if all goes wrong one can always share the link with the LBS when you bring in a box of parts and ask them to just quickly fix this for you while you wait ... the link will help them see just how you went wrong MrJacques, geomark, cfcjim and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Knoetze (sk27) Posted October 29, 2019 Share The nice thing about Youtube is that if all goes wrong one can always share the link with the LBS when you bring in a box of parts and ask them to just quickly fix this for you while you wait ... the link will help them see just how you went wrong I remember trying to replace a shifter cable once back in the day. I literally took a little box full of screws and springs, they laughed and did the job..... Hairy and Milkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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