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Had a week where every repair was a stripped pedal thread
From Monday to Friday, we had six bikes come in with the same problem... all left side pedals seized and stripped in the crank arm. The worst was a vintage road bike where the owner tried to force it with a pipe wrench. I had to use a helicoil kit and it took over two hours to fix. Has anyone else seen a weird run of the same specific issue like that?
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leo_campbell1mo ago
Yeah, that exact thing. Had a customer last month with a brand new department store bike. Left pedal was just gone. Threads were totally shredded. They said it just fell off while riding. Looking at it, the pedal axle was cross-threaded from the factory, just barely hanging on. Felt so bad for them. It's always the left side for some reason.
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price.alice2mo ago
That vintage road bike with the pipe wrench damage is the real story here. It makes me wonder if there's a bad batch of cheap pedals going around that are seizing up. We had three kids' bikes last month all with the same off-brand plastic pedals fused solid. The metal insert just spins inside the plastic body. Maybe your run of bad luck came from the same supplier.
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flores.jana2mo ago
Totally changed how I see those cheap pedals now. I always figured it was just bad luck or maybe salt on the roads, but @price.alice you're onto something with a bad batch. Having three kids' bikes fail the same way in a month is a real pattern, not a coincidence. That spinning metal insert inside the plastic sounds exactly like the kind of junk that would cause someone to grab a pipe wrench. Makes me want to check the brand on every pedal that comes into the shop.
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