Quote Originally Posted by kfergos View Post
Incidentally...it's back.

Taking the pedals off did remove the ticking, but not for very long. I could just keep taking them off and on again constantly, but I'm concerned about the safety of that idea. I'm sure at some point they wouldn't be tight enough or something, and I'd only learn that along the way. Plus that doesn't really seem like a good long-term solution.

Any thoughts?
It's probably not the part of the pedal axle that spins or screws onto the crank....it's the bearings INSIDE the pedal axle. Thus, greasing the outside spinning parts of the pedals is not going to really solve this.
You have to open the axle itself and clean/regrease the bearings. Or.....buy new pedals.