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Offline ediotism

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Re: Too much effort to get my pedals off
« Reply #15 on: October 21, 2016, 01:24:32 AM »
i've recently read about people heating up the contact area and dripping candle wax onto it - the idea is that the heat would suck the wax into the threads hence help lubricating it.

i haven't read extensively about it, and i haven't seen it work myself. it seems an inferior option vs. soaking in WD-40 overnight.

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Re: Too much effort to get my pedals off
« Reply #16 on: October 21, 2016, 06:14:08 AM »
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Re: Too much effort to get my pedals off
« Reply #17 on: October 21, 2016, 08:54:39 PM »
Last week my car got a flat tire. I went replace the wheel with the spare tire but apparently the lugs had been tightened by the Hulk. After a bottle of WD40 and a few hours I was finally able to loosen the lugs and change the tire. I guess my point is try WD40. I wasn't expecting it to work but it got the job done.
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Re: Too much effort to get my pedals off
« Reply #18 on: November 16, 2016, 07:43:14 PM »
I used both allen key and flat wrench if possible. worked all few times i tried. be careful with hands.
« Last Edit: November 16, 2016, 07:45:13 PM by got bike? »

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Re: Too much effort to get my pedals off
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