Removing Cleats.

bazzamac

Any ideas how to remove cleats that the screws are worn badly.am out of ideas.

Orion

I almost had that myself - managed to get them out though. If they are totally worn you will need to drill a hole in them - being careful not to pierce the shoe itself. And then a long nose pliers to get them off.

dragratchet

if you're talking about an spd-sl, take a hack saw to the whole cleat, get through the plastic and then saw a line across the bolt hole.. once you've got a bit of depth on it, use a large flat nose screw-driver to loosen the cleat. done

wav1

cut off all the plastic section with a junior hacksaw and leave the 3 screw protruding.Soak overnight with penetrant or diesel.You should be able to grip the screws with a small vice grips and they should turn.Different problem altogether if the inner plate starts turning instead of the screw

sullzz

Not sure if these would be any use , never used them
http://www.halfords.com/motoring/garage-equipment/tool-kits/laser-6-piece-screw-extractor-set

Brian?

sullzz wrote: »

Not sure if these would be any use , never used them
http://www.halfords.com/motoring/garage-equipment/tool-kits/laser-6-piece-screw-extractor-set

They're very handy, if you want to save the cleat.

OP, where are you. Maybe someone can help.

sullzz

Brian? wrote: »

They're very handy, if you want to save the cleat.

OP, where are you. Maybe someone can help.

I actually have a set of them screw extractors , I bought them in aldi or lidl and thankfully never had to use them yet

wav1

sullzz wrote: »

I actually have a set of them screw extractors , I bought them in aldi or lidl and thankfully never had to use them yet

And don't attempt to.If they snap theres no way back as you cant drill them.

sullzz

wav1 wrote: »

And don't attempt to.If they snap theres no way back as you cant drill them.

Point taken

bazzamac

I think drilling the screws appears to be the best option.

NeedMoreGears

Try a bit of a soak with pentrating oil.

If they won't back off try to tighten (yes tighten) one eigth of a turn. Hopefully that might start them moving. You may then be able to back them off.

Otherwise you may be stuck with one of the more intrusive methods outlined above

FirstinLastout

If they are half decent extractors they won't snap; besides you're removing cleats from a pair of shoes not removing a broken cylinder head stud so you're not applying great torque.

Try applying heat as well as penetrating oil to help loosen it.

A Dremel or similar tool might be useful for cutting a slot into the screw heads rather than having to cut through the actual cleats as well with a hacksaw.