I love my MKS pedals, both the touring and grip kings...I have about a half dozen on 5 bikes with a spare or two. However they come from the factory very light on lubrication. The first set I owned clicked and sent a shiver through my Quickbeam's frame. I thought the bottom bracket was toast until I did a little research.
So for the next 5 sets I bought I repacked them before I even put them on a bike and haven't had any trouble at all since then. It took me a couple of tries the first time around to get them back together and spinning smoothly. I'd either tighten them a bit too much or too little but once I got it right it I could tell and now it's just a few minutes work. This comes up quite often on the list. I found some instructions that were useful the first time around at: http://stankertanker.blogspot.com/2008/12/mks-touring-pedal-dismay-and-rebuild.html Bob On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 1:12 AM, JB <baile...@voyager.net> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm having a lot of trouble with my MKS Tour pedals on my new A. Homer > Hilsen. First, both pedals started having a "clicking" sound. I > didn't really know what I was doing, but I took them apart and > loosened the adjusting nut 1/4 turn. That seemed to fix the problem. > Then, the left pedal seized up. I took it apart again, clean off the > old grease and repacked the bearings with new grease. I noticed there > wasn't much grease on the bearings to begin with and it was a dark > gray in colour. They seem to work now, but I'll know better after > today's ride. > > Is this normal for these pedals? They feel great and I would hate to > have to give up on them. I know they're pretty cheap pedals, but I > thought they would last a little longer without the hassles. > > Any advice would be very appreciated. > > John > > -- > 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<rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://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.
