I also had a mystery click when I first got my bike. It wasn't repetative with every pedal stroke. It was just one or two clicks after I'd start pedalling, after coasting or braking.
Turns out one of the pawls, which is a part inside the hub, was in backwards. This mistake was made at the Shimano factory, and I guess it's highly unusual that it would be put in wrong. Luckily, my lbs guy found it in one visit. It would have been very easy to miss.
If you have a weird click that the mechanics can't find, have them look inside your hub. It could be a pawl.
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10-20-2007, 11:21 AM #1
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10-20-2007, 07:26 PM #2
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After riding today and listening very closely, I am sure it is still in the pedal. If I pull up against the top of my shoe it stops but I can't pedal like that! I am going to take it to the LBS and see if we can lube up the pedals.
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10-21-2007, 02:13 PM #3
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Amanda - Do you have an extra pair of pedals? Or can you borrow your H's? Or maybe an old pair you can borrow briefly from your LBS? That's partly how I diagnosed mine...I put on a different pair and the sound went away. Process of elimination...done at home!
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10-22-2007, 06:17 AM #4
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If its in the pedals, why not lube them yourself. Just part of routine maintenance. Its so easy, will take you less time than a trip to the LBS!
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10-22-2007, 04:21 PM #5
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GLC- DH rides Look Keos as well, maybe I can have him swap them out before I take it in.
I will have to take it because I need someone to show me how since I think it is not in the spindle and I am a visual learner. Plus the LBS is walking distance from my work and I don't do anything on my lunch break anyway. I would rather take it and have them give me a little lesson in pedal maintenance than sit reading the paper.
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10-22-2007, 06:15 PM #6
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Can I interject a really dumb question into this thread...
because I'm going to have to pull my pedals off for transport pretty soon, and since you're also riding the Keos which don't use a 15mm pedal wrench?
The right hand pedal is right hand threaded and the left pedal is left (reverse) threaded, correct? But since I'm unscrewing the axle from the medial side, it's backwards again, so: allen socket in the right pedal loosens clockwise; allen socket in the left pedal loosens counterclockwise.
Have I got this right? Because they're in so tight I'm going to have to use the impact wrench on them and I don't want to get it backwards! I think the LBS must've put Loc-Tite on them.
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