Thanks everyone. I pulled the grip kings and replaced them with a pair of Tioga spiders I had in the bike room. No click. Guess I will repack the bearings. Thanks again.
On May 26, 8:15 pm, "Robert F. Harrison" <rfharri...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've had to disassemble and repack all four MKS pedals sets I own (1 > Touring, 3 Grip King). Actually I should say I had to disassemble the > first two sets, the second sets I just went ahead and did before I > even tried them. :-) It seems MKS is very stingy with the grease at > the factory. > > The first time I got the "click" was with my touring pedals shortly > after my new Quickbeam arrived last November. The click got worse and > worse and I ended darn near taking everything off the frame and > greasing it. Nothing worked and I though perhaps I'd gotten a faulty > bottom bracket. You could feel the click throughout the frame. > > I kept searching and finally came across this: > > http://stankertanker.blogspot.com/2008/12/mks-touring-pedal-dismay-an... > > I took repacked my pedals and haven't had a bit of trouble with them since. > > Next I got a pair of Grip Kings and threw them on without thinking. > Sure enough they clicked within a week. Repacked. All good. > > The next two pairs of GKs (for other bikes) were taken apart and > repacked before I even used them. No noise at all with those. But, > like the others, they showed a real lack of factory lubrication. Once > they are repacked they are great though. > > BTW - as I recall there are 12 bearings per Grip King pedal, 11 per > Touring pedal. > > Aloha! > > On Wednesday, May 26, 2010, Calm54 <mukum...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Today my left grip king started to click when pressure is applied. > > Does anyone have suggestions on what may be wrong and how to fix it? > > Thanks > > > -- > > 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. > > -- > Robert Harrison > rfharri...@gmail.com > statrix.statrix.com -- 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.
