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Old mechanic told me to grease pedal threads. Ignored him and paid the price.
A guy named Mike who's been wrenching since the 80s warned me to always grease pedal threads before installing them. I figured aluminum cranks would be fine without it. 6 months later I was trying to swap pedals and the right one had seized up solid. Took me 2 hours with a breaker bar and some PB Blaster to get it out without stripping the crank arm. Has anyone else had pedals fuse to their cranks?
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leo_lopez9d ago
Yeah that's a hard learned lesson for sure. Had the exact same thing happen on an old mountain bike. Grease is cheap, stripping a crank arm is expensive and annoying. @harperb46 asked about where to put it, but really you just want a thin coat on the threads before you screw them in. I use marine grease now, the waterproof stuff, because it stays put longer. Smeared a little on the pedal spindles too just to be safe. Now I do it every time, even if the pedals are "self-lubricating" or whatever the box claims.
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