I tried it without a drill. Just screwed them in gently and straight (enough), and once they took hold, then I applied stronger pressure on the socket wrench.
About a 6 months and 1500 commute miles later, I've still got 7 of the 8 studs in there. The missing one appears to have been knocked off by a pedal strike, judging by the deep scrapes on the outer edge where the stud is missing. On May 4, 8:50 am, doc <gspi...@aol.com> wrote: > I had a pair of never used Adidas track shoes with an assortment of > both indoor and outdoor spikes in the basement, along with a spike > wrench. (I really need to clean out my basement) Drilled a hole > slightly smaller than the threads, dabbed on a drop of machine oil, > and then used the spike wrench to twist them in. I only used two on > each toe area, and they work great. > > On May 3, 10:23 pm, "carnerda...@bellsouth.net" > > > > > > <carnerda...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > I used a 7/64 bit (half way between the 3/32 and 1/8 recommended by > > RBW. The spikes that stayed in are tight. I have checked and think I > > would have a difficult time removing them to re-thread. I really think > > my mistake was not getting them started straight. Two that fell out > > were in the extreme outboard holes where I had a previous pedal strike > > on pavement that had deformed the "lip" and probably pretty much > > guaranteed that I would start them crooked. > > I am not suggesting that secure installation requires tapping. Just > > another option. A little more complicated, but not that expensive if > > you leave out the new vice grip. > > David > > > amoll68 wrote: > > > David, > > > > I installed spikes in my GKs, but didn't need to tap them - can't > > > recall the bit size I used. I do know that the first hole was slightly > > > too big (maybe what happened to you?) I went down a size, and they all > > > went in fine, and I haven't lost a spike in over a year. IIRC, I used > > > a small metric socket to drive them home. > > > > They work great - esp. in the wet. > > > > Alex > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
