Removing Look Pedals

godihatethehils

Any tips for taking off look keo pedals with an allen key?? I know the general rule is 'loosey lefty, righty tighty' but the pedals just ain't coming off....in fact I think they're even tighter now.....

(Lumen....hold the jokes:))

ednwireland

hit allen key with lump hammer pedal moves (worked last time i took some off

well tap actually

CheGuedara

Had sticky Look pedals too -

What I ended up doing was using one of those long allen keys (a work shop type one, not a mini tool one - must have had about 15cm of a handle on it) and moved to tighten just a fraction of a turn, just enough to turn the thread and free it from what ever it had stuck itself to and then turned to loosen as normal.

bcmf

leverage is the word here/Put some sort of extension onto the allen key and gently apply pressure

scottreynolds

godihatethehils wrote: »

Any tips for taking off look keo pedals with an allen key?? I know the general rule is 'loosey lefty, righty tighty' but the pedals just ain't coming off....in fact I think they're even tighter now.....

(Lumen....hold the jokes:))

Two thoughts come to mind............

Take your tri shoes off the pedals first

Just a man to do it.... Loose Left, right tight doesn't apply to peddles

scottreynolds

bcmf wrote: »

leverage is the word here/Put some sort of extension onto the allen key and gently apply pressure

e.g Allen Key, Metal Pipe over Allen Key

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push........... breathe.....push

godihatethehils

ah yes....but which way? it's starting to get a tad annoying now....

biker_joe

yeap leverage is key here ... some brass or metal piping placed over the allen key and get some else to hold the crank arms... and maybe put the bike upside so you have more room to work .... also a bit of WD40 sprayed on both side of the pedal axel would not do any harm .....
Look Keo's are great and light, but this is a down side not being able to a gud auld pedal spanner !

Biker Joe

scottreynolds

godihatethehils wrote: »

ah yes....but which way? it's starting to get a tad annoying now....

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godihatethehils

scottreynolds wrote: »

ahhhhhhhhhh -- http://www.parktool.com/repair/readhowto.asp?id=83[/quote]

When turning the pedals, keep in mind the wrench is on the back side of the pedal. The pedal thread direction has not changed, but the appearance of the wrench turning "clockwise" or "counter-clockwise" will appear different. View the wrench from the orientation of the pedals, standing to the right side of the bike for the right pedal, and the left side of the bike for the left pedal. Turn the wrench accordingly.

Thanks Scott.....it's crystal clear now :rolleyes:

:D:D

Lumen

Did you grease the pedals before fitting them the last time?

godihatethehils

Lumen wrote: »

Did you grease the pedals before fitting them the last time?

huh?

cdaly_

Left side pedals have left hand thread so you need to go the opposite direction for them. Then don't forget that if you're using an allen key on the frame side of the crank, you would need to 'tighten' the pedal to unscrew it 'cos it's going through the crank and out the other side. (if you know what I mean)...

Lumen

godihatethehils wrote: »

huh?

You know, grease. On the threads.

godihatethehils

Time for pictures....if I was to hit the allen key DOWN would I set up the allen key like A or B....

A


B


Many thanks

blorg

As others have said leverage is necessary. I don't think I would get pedals off with a standard allen key. I have two tools that do the job- in this photo the rubber-handled allen wrench at the left and the multi-allen key tool second from the right. The latter I got in Joe Daly's and it is really good for allen key jobs that need more leverage. Got pedals off with that that I had BROKEN an allen wrench trying to get off in the past. These were pedals I had installed years previously without grease, will not make that mistake again.

godihatethehils

Lumen wrote: »

You know, grease. On the threads.

Lumen, you seem to be assuming that I once put these pedals on myself, that's sweet

alfalad

Pedal threads always go the same directions for some reason so I think you turn towards the front wheel to get them off and back wheel to tighten them, although it could be the other way round.
My money is on B!

Chips Lovell

A for driveside (i.e. side with cranks on it). B for non-driveside.

EDIT: Ooops, I mean driveside is the side with the chainrings.

Chips Lovell

Oh, and as Lumen says, grease the threads before you put them back on.

Lumen

godihatethehils wrote: »

Lumen, you seem to be assuming that I once put these pedals on myself, that's sweet

Listen poppet, if you're going to use a man's transportation device you'd better start learning how all the horrid little metal bits fit together.

godihatethehils

Got em!

2 hours of my life I will never get back.....

Thanks for the help

Colmhayden76

Had to go through that last week changing the look pedals on my wifes bike for speedplays. I found this on the web and it worked really well.

1 stand on the right side of the bike with drive side crank at 3 o clock
2 put tool in pedal so it touches the front tyre and then turn the front wheel either left or right.
3 stand on the pedal you are removing with 1 foot
4 grab the tool with the cheater on it( your bit of pipe or what ever)
5 Pull up hard. I would suggest that you either wear gloves or put a rag around the tool as the shock which comes up through it really hurts!!

To do the other side stand on the left (obviously) and put the pedal at 9 oclock. I found doing the left side a little harder just due to the body possition being an odd feeling!!

And for god's sake grease your new pedals when you put them in!!

'68 Fastback

A


i need to start checking the full thread before i respond

scottreynolds

godihatethehils wrote: »

Got em!

2 hours of my life I will never get back.....

Thanks for the help

Please paste a pic as proof

godihatethehils

scottreynolds wrote: »

Please paste a pic as proof

Will a picture of the removed pedals suffice?

(or should I include one of the guy from ThinkBike taking them off?!)

blorg

alfalad wrote: »

Pedal threads always go the same directions for some reason so I think you turn towards the front wheel to get them off and back wheel to tighten them, although it could be the other way round.
My money is on B!

It is the other way around. You turn towards the back of the bike to remove, turn towards the front to loosen. (This is envisaging your motion is in the upper half of the circle.)

Of course with the bike upside down this is the other way around, which is how I spent an hour feverishly tightening my pedals the night before I was to fly out with the bike.

Lumen

The fastest way to get (greased!) pedals on a bike is to hold one on each side and "pedal" backwards with your hands. Takes seconds.

This suggests that pedalling forwards (with an wrench) will remove them.

I never bother tightening pedals either.

spiderman1885

Sorry for dragging up an old thread, but this piece of advice is gold!!!

Colmhayden76 wrote: »

Had to go through that last week changing the look pedals on my wifes bike for speedplays. I found this on the web and it worked really well.

1 stand on the right side of the bike with drive side crank at 3 o clock
2 put tool in pedal so it touches the front tyre and then turn the front wheel either left or right.
3 stand on the pedal you are removing with 1 foot
4 grab the tool with the cheater on it( your bit of pipe or what ever)
5 Pull up hard. I would suggest that you either wear gloves or put a rag around the tool as the shock which comes up through it really hurts!!

To do the other side stand on the left (obviously) and put the pedal at 9 oclock. I found doing the left side a little harder just due to the body possition being an odd feeling!!

And for god's sake grease your new pedals when you put them in!!