Philip, It is easier to remove the set screw than take off the dust cap, it also makes for a hole about the right size to use a needle type grease gun (see picture).
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16951...@n08/4238676835/ Once you pump in enough grease the old grease will be pushed out the seal area between the pedal body and pedal axle (near the crank arm). I added a couple of notes to the above photo. Angus On Jan 4, 1:24 am, Philip Williamson <[email protected]> wrote: > I think this is really cool, and I'm going to buy a couple of metric > taps. I have a couple of questions, though: where does the old grease > go? Does it come out the spindle side? Is it any easier to remove the > set screw than it is to take the dustcap off? I saw grease fittings at > the hardware store last week, and would love to put them to work > somewhere. > > And you've reminded me to go grease my Grease Guard hubs. > > Philip > McMinnville, Ore. > > On Jan 2, 7:15 pm, Angus <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > A few years ago I made the MKS touring pedals on my All-Rounder/ > > Atlantis "greaseable." I like to "re-grease" these pedals if I spend > > a lot of time riding in the rain (they are not sealed very well), and > > I really don't want to disassemble them to do this. These pedals have > > been spinning smoothly for quite a few years now. > > > Having a bit of time on my hands over the holidays I made a second set > > of MKS touring pedals greasable. > > > I have put the photos in this flickr set. > > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/16951...@n08/sets/72157623125403996/ > > > I would enjoy seeing what unique things y'all do to you Rivendell's to > > make them more serviceable/functional/comfortable/durable. > > > Angus > > > P.S. You can just see in one of the photos three black zip ties on > > the rear side of one of the pedals. When I started riding the > > Quickbeam fixed I was having trouble flipping my foot into the pedal > > consistently, with the zip ties it works every time. :-)- Hide quoted text > > - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
