Re: [RBW] Crank Repair Advice

2022-08-07 Thread Jon Dukeman
They used to sell a kit with the drill for the helicoil, helicoil tap and the helicoil. On Sun, Aug 7, 2022, 12:56 PM Jon Dukeman wrote: > A good bike shop should be able to drill out the crank, tap the crank with > helicoil tap install a helicoil with loctite and reinstall your pedal. > Good a

Re: [RBW] Crank Repair Advice

2022-08-07 Thread Jon Dukeman
A good bike shop should be able to drill out the crank, tap the crank with helicoil tap install a helicoil with loctite and reinstall your pedal. Good as new. On Sun, Aug 7, 2022, 12:33 PM Gill wrote: > Last fall through my own dumbassness I stripped the drive side (silver) > crank on my Clem.

Re: [RBW] Crank Repair Advice

2022-08-07 Thread Elton Lance
Most likely, they either ran a pedal tap through it to repair the threads or installed a helicoil. If they did the former, it’s hard to say what the resulting threads are like. If they did the latter, and installed it properly, you should be fine. The helicoil tap is oversized, so you get fr

[RBW] Crank Repair Advice

2022-08-07 Thread Gill
Last fall through my own dumbassness I stripped the drive side (silver) crank on my Clem. LBS tapped/threaded insert put the pedal back on and off I went with no problems since. I recently asked a bike mechanic if he thought this was a good, permanent solution and he said, “Dude, if it was me I