Old dude at the bike co-op told me to grease my pedal threads...

Last month this crusty mechanic named Sal at the local co-op in Sacramento said I was wrecking my cranks by not greasing pedal threads. I laughed it off because I've always just cranked em in dry. Fast forward to yesterday when I tried to swap pedals on my old Fuji and the left one seized so hard I twisted the crank arm trying to get it off. Had to drill the damn thing out. Anyone else learned this lesson the hard way or am I just a dummy?

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ryanj6029d ago

Swallow your pride and grease them threads. Honestly, Sal was right. I wrecked a set of Shimano XT cranks back in 2015 because I thought I knew better. That dry aluminum on steel seizes up something nasty, especially with any water or road salt involved. Ngl, your story about drilling out the pedal sounds like a full weekend of swearing and broken tools. Just use a little anti-seize or regular grease, it takes five seconds and saves you from buying new cranks.

the_alice29d ago

Wait, you actually wrecked XT cranks from that? No way.