Joe - yes! Pull out the bearings and maybe we can figure it out. I'd much prefer "rebuild and repair" instead of conspicuous consumption.
Michael On Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 8:07:28 PM UTC-4 divis...@gmail.com wrote: > Testify! > > I've gone deep on Crank Brothers Quattros, which CB discontinued about ten > years ago. The springs in CB pedals (the ones that keep the clamping rails > apart, so your cleat clicks in and locks) - those springs periodically > break. For years, I've been trying to figure out how to disassemble the > pedals so I can replace the broken springs with springs cannibalized out of > the far more common Eggbeater and Candy models, with no success; I can't > figure out how to get the spring/clamp assembly apart without destroying > the pedal completely. > > Lucky for me, I'm ambidextrous about unclipping/clipping in, depending on > which lane of the street I find myself*. So my breakages have allowed my to > mix n'match pedal sets as they break. I'm currently riding an all-Ti > Quattro 4 right paired with a mostly-SS Quattro 2 left. But I shouldn't > have to do that. > > * Purely by dumb luck, I uncleat/cleat left when I'm near the center > strip, and uncleat/cleat right when I'm next to the curb, so the stress is > distributed about equally between the two pedals > > Peter "if *I* were in charge, things would be different you betcha" Adler > Berkeley, CA/USA > > > On Wednesday, May 26, 2021 at 4:26:00 PM UTC-7 jbu...@gmail.com wrote: > >> I kind of hate that pedals are "consumables". >> =- Joe Bunik >> > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/d14508a9-74a8-43f8-a520-20efb74b256bn%40googlegroups.com.
