I would take Ryan's advice and overhaul the pedals. Several times I've had MKS pedals start clicking on me after not too many miles. Your own grease/adjustment job will last a lot longer than the factory job. Also, it's an easy, low-risk maintenance project that's worth doing just to know how.
Don't worry too much about the kind of grease or how much. Just put a bunch of grease in there. On Oct 3, 9:02 pm, Powderpiggy <[email protected]> wrote: > Okay. Great thanks. I will check and see if I can tighten the pedal > and if that helps...If not I will give greasing the bearings a go. > How much grease do you put in there ? > > Keely > > On Oct 3, 9:12 pm, Philip Williamson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Buy some grease. Get into the pedal and put a lot of grease on the > > bearings. Put it back together. There's a little bit of a learning > > curve on 'how tight is too tight,' but if you go 'hey, that's too > > tight,' just back it off a bit. > > > Fai Mao is correct, though - clicking usually indicates looseness. > > Squeeking is a sign of no lubrication. Do both -tighten up the pedals > > and grease them. You might make sure the cranks are on tight, too. > > > Greasing the pedals usually takes a small socket wrench, and maybe a > > screwdriver to pop off a dustcap. > > Tightening them takes either a pedal wrench or a hex wrench, depending > > on the design. > > Tightening the cranks might take a socket (14mm?) or a hex wrench > > (large), again, depending on the design. > > > Philip Williamsonwww.biketinker.com > > > On Oct 3, 12:55 pm, Powderpiggy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > So I am a bike maintenance novice....although I am committed to > > > learning to do it myself. I have been riding for 25+ years and have > > > logged thousands of miles, but I am embarrassed to say that the most > > > I have ever done to my bike is change the tires/tubes/rim tape, clean > > > the chain, replace the chain (though that didn't work out very well > > > for me) and lube the chain. Everything else I have left to the > > > professionals. > > > > But I am turning over a new leaf and intend to figure it out. Which > > > brings me to my sneaker pedals. They are very new (i.e. less than > > > 300 miles). But on a trip through the B.C's Gulf Islands last month, > > > I rode through three days of continuous rain. I live in a dry climate > > > and am also a newbie at crappy weather. > > > > After that trip, every-time I ride the left sneaker pedal had > > > developed a super annoying clicking noise, and the more pressure I put > > > on the pedal the more it clicks (probably twice a revolution). I am > > > thinking that maybe dirt/grime/whatever got in during the rain. Not > > > sure what to do about this, can I take it apart and lubricate? Can you > > > tell me how? > > > > Keely -- 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.
