Ah - you are correct. My imaginary backwards circular arrows are for pedal removal only.
So, BB cups always (on British threaded BBs) unscrew toward the FRONT of the bike? Righty-loosey on the right, lefty-loosey on the left? And crank bolts are always lefty-loosey? Wrench rotates toward the back of the bike on the right, and toward the front of the bike on the left. I am updating my mental model now. Thanks! Philip www.biketinker.com On Sunday, December 7, 2014 12:26:15 PM UTC-8, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > "- Cranks, pedals, bottom bracket cups always loosen towards the back of > the bike. " > > I like this. Right hand pedal has a right hand thread, so if you attach a > pedal wrench to the right hand pedal and think of that wrench handle as a > crank arm, you BACKPEDAL to loosen. You also backpedal with your pedal > wrench on the left pedal to loosen it. > > On the BB though, I'm having a hard time visualizing how you think of it > as loosening towards the back. The fixed cup has a left hand thread, so > you put a tool on the fixed cup and pedal forward to loosen, and pedal > backward to tighten. The left side cup has a right hand thread so you also > pedal forward with your wrench to loosen and backpedal with your wrench to > tighten. > > Crank bolts both have a right hand thread, so you backpedal to loosen the > right side crank bolt and forward pedal to loosen the left crank bolt. > > So, six threaded things, I only see three of the six as loosening towards > the back of the bike. Help me visualize it your way. > > Bill > > >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
