Need Help Quick

[Python]

Trying to change the pedals on the bike. We've got the right pedal off but can't get the left pedal off.

Am I right in thinking that to slacken the left pedal you turn the spanner CLOCKWISE instead of anti-clockwise?

[sundial]

It's the opposite direction of the right pedal. Turn it clockwise.

[Python]

It's refusing to budge.

Had to use a hammer on the spanner to get the other one off. Tried that with the left one too and all I've succeeded in doing so far is take a chunk of paint off the frame

For two pins I'd say the left pedal is possibly on the wrong thread.

[sundial]

Do you have any lubricant to spray on it? A pedal wrench to use?

[sundial]

Don't you hate things that are designed to be stubborn--like men?

[Pedal Wench]

Both pedals unscrew towards the back of the bike: Forward on, BACK OFF!

[Pedal Wench]

Am I right in thinking that to slacken the left pedal you turn the spanner CLOCKWISE instead of anti-clockwise?

Yes!

[Python]

We don't have a pedal spanner but have an ordinary spanner that fits. The pedals are also supposed to unscrew with an Allen key. It's chewed up the Allen key.

I'm beginning to think this bike is jinxed

[Python]

And just to add insult to injury I've just discovered that the cleats don't fit my shoes

[DebW]

How long is your wrench? 10-12 inches is what you need to get enough torque for tough pedals.

[Python]

My husband has just come home and he's had a go at it too. It's so stubborn that we think the pedal has been put on cross-threaded.

When the LBS put on the pedals (it was the female assistant) I said to her a couple of times that I thought it was going on in the wrong thread. She tried putting the pedal on several times before it went on relatively easily but I had my doubts. Looks like I was right and it was put on cross-threaded. If this is the case I will probably need a new crank on that side and as far as I'm concerned the bike shop can replace it.