After pondering some more and reading your all's opinions, I've decided I'm going to forego my usual route of just buying something new and shiny and instead tinker with the GK's a little more, being that they are such a sweet pedal, despite the flaws. I think my problem may be an overly tight outermost nut as mentioned, as my main objective in doing this was to eliminate the substantial play that was in the pedal, while also getting a fresh greasing in.
I'm not sure that they even needed new grease, I just wanted to see what the innards looked like and how they worked, and once I had it all apart a full overhaul seemed like the best thing to do. As Grant P. says somewhere, "you will learn about bikes when you learn about bearings, and loose balls allow you to actually work on them". I'm happy to gain some competence in more sophisticated mechanics, but I really am bummed about the crappy dustcaps on the GK's and the less- than-great seal on them generally. However, I do think it's the most comfortable/best performing pedal for ME on the market. I tried the White Industries, but I found them too small and disliked clips a lot, so I sold them to a member of this forum. I'm starting to see that it's better to fix it and make do than spend obscene amounts of money on an activity that is supposed to save you money and increase joy, not drain your funds and increase stress. TL;DR: I'm going to try some more with fixing the GK's rather than buying something that has the unrealistic promise of being "maintenance-free". & The universe tends toward equillibrium, not disorder! On May 22, 10:30 am, Lee <leec...@gmail.com> wrote: > On May 21, 8:33 pm, Mike S <mikeshalj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I recently overhauled the bearings on my Gripkings (first time messing > > with ball bearings ever) and they are not spinning quite like I'd want > > them to. The right pedal, which I did second and I think put more > > grease on and did more carefully, is having a bit of a click from time > > to time, which I've seen mentioned in other posts here. It took my two > > hours to do the whole procedure, and I just don't have the time/ > > patience to mess with these anymore. > > Hi Mike. If you haven't already checked on these issues in regards to > the clicking, you may want to double-check that the pedal threads are > well greased and securely wrenched into the crank arm. Also, the > bearing cone that secures down onto the outboard bearings shouldn't be > tightened too much or that will lead to friction. Just thought it'd be > worth a mention > > Coincidentally, I just spend some quiet time yesterday morning > greasing up a pair of MKS Sylvan Lite pedals for the Quickbeam, which > needed some work after our rainy winter: > > http://tinyurl.com/3vbx7x2 > > If the MKS/VO pedals don't work out for you, and you have some spare > change lying around (a lot of spare change), you may want to try the > White Industries platform pedal. They follow a great design in the > form of the Lyotard Berthet No. 23 pedals. I have the latter on my > derailleur'd bike and they are a sweet pedal. You'd probably need some > sort of foot retention, like the Power Grips that Riv sells. I would > think those would make for a great combo. > > Best of luck on the pedal search, > Lee > SF, CA -- 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-bunch@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.
