Been doing my own repairs for ~20 years and my mind was blown by pretty much every piece of advice here.

Thank you so much was struggling for about 3 hours to get my pedal off. Had messaged a guy on Marketplace about buying new cranks. I watched you put a bit of wood under it and I only had a brick of the right size. It came off easy as pie. Legend 👐

Yours was the only video which described heating up the crank, and that was what worked for my seized pedal on a 1990 Schwinn mountain bike with the original pedal. chewed up 2 Allen wrenches trying to do it and 90 minutes before I saw your video. Thanks very much

In the midst of try to remove a seized pedal from a road bike where the previous owner pretty much stripped the 15mm bolt. I've tried cooling the pedal spindle as many other videos of this type recommend but I think it's time to bring on the heat. Great video Dave! UPDATE: SUCCESS!! Finally got the old pedal off with some heat courtesy of the wife's hair dryer (that was the risky bit). All set with the new pedals now. I owe you a pint the next time I'm cycling through the Dales Dave!

With pedals and threaded bottom brackets anti-seize is your best friend. It gets absolutely everywhere but it's a genuine life saver.

The best and most comprehensive video on the subject. Especially for seized pedals.

Well done, nice one! It leaves me with smile on my face, because I „helicoiled“ a damaged thread of a gearbox from a classic RC car a long time ago. It was made of plastic, not aluminium, but successful as well and a good reminder for my regular bike builds too!😃 Cheers

Thanks for the video. Solved my stuck pedals with the heat gun tip after a couple of days prep with WD-40. Came out without too much effort in the end.

One of the best and most helpful videos out there - really well explained. I have one of my SPD SL pedals stuck on the bike and will attempt the heat method to try to remove the pedal. Thank you.

Brilliant, thank you for sharing proper technics for tricky common jobs!

This is great stuff. You've really explored this problem thoroughly.

Ah, thanks so much! This is exactly what I needed and much smarter than the other videos out there

What a great video spent about a hour trying to remove the pedals before watching this got my heat gun on it sorted it in a few minutes nice one 👍🏻

Thanks for this video - using the heat method I was finally successful in removing a seized Crank Bros Stamp pedal from a Sram GX crank arm. I've tried numerous times without success, and had saved the job for another day. On with the new pedals :)

Thank you for passing on your experience. Good video, well done.👍

Hi Dave. The pedals on my ebike had worn bearing and I could't shift the right hand one even with a 2 foot bar. Your trick with the block of wood worked a treat and no heat needed so just saying thankyou for a great tip. New Pedal fitted

Thanks for the advice , I brought a second hand Rose road bike but never managed to shift the jammed SPD pedal . I am a newbie road biker living in Spain , I did not have access to a park tool spanner so brought a new 15mm spanner from Decathlon then drilled and bolted 2 machine screws through a piece of bar to make the spanner longer , , After blocking the bike up and having to use a plumbers blow torch on the end of the pedal and a tin of WD40 after 3 attempts it finally shifted , No thread damage , Greased up the new pedals and will re grease them every month . A brilliant channel , Learning next to adjust D12 s - Out tomorrow with a new shiny set of pedals on the beast ,

I tried your technique and it worked very good on my oldest bike.Thank you very much.

Got my pedal off every thing was all right and no extra work needed, just needed the extra strength and it finally came off. Thanks for your help.

Awesome. Didn't realize a heat gun could be sufficient! Got the stuckest pedals that I ever had stuck off with a little penetrating oil and about twenty minutes of heating up the cranks.

Excellent video Very professional, you know when someone is good at what they do because they make it look easy!!!

Heat was the solution for me! Used an old hairdryer and boom, was able to remove the pedal. Thank you!!

Thanks great video. Borrowed my grandsons MTB and thought I would fit my SPDs but pedals have seized. I'll stick with the flats now but I can always refer back to your advice if he ever wants to change them.

thank i pulled an ab muscle trying to get a dang pedal off for the first time. It's like working on my truck. Always more difficult than its supposed to be since everything is stuck

Thanks for the wood block idea, worked well👍

awesome work dave

Excellent video; most helpful - many thanks!!

Had a few nightmares with pedals learnt my lesson and always use grease now brilliant method using a block of wood never thought of that one

Wow, this is a very complete explanation, many thanks.

Thank you very much! This did the job for me with a pedal that was so stuck.

The Wood Block method worked great! - Spent some time in Yorkshire and loved it! Blessings, Gerald

Many thanks, never thought about using a heat gun and worked a treat.

Nice one. Had a locked on pedal that had mangled two allen keys- followed all the tips and it suddenly came loose. Cheers.

Thank you for your info dave, brilliant my friend 😀❤️🇬🇧👍

Thank you!! The heat gun worked first time and my threads are fine

Here I am watching the same videos at 3am and have tried everything. Will be buying a new crank arm for less hassle 👍

Hi thanks for the instructive video, which shows well how much effort is needed to get the old pedal out. My seized pedal only has an 8mm hex socket on the back of the crank arm, and the hex socket become a bit damaged (not completely destroyed) by the torque I applied already. Do you have any suggestions what I could try now?

I always wrench back and forth as I go to get it fully loose rather than forcing it off in one direction. It helps not damage the threads.

You're a star, thank you

V good. You could have had the crank forward them the spanner would push the bike into the ground, not lift it. Also a tap wrench would be better to get two hands on and keep the tap running straight. I really enjoy your content. Smashing.

well done Dave. The only additional thing I would have done is to set up some sort of heat sink for the pedal axle so that the expansion difference between the crank and the pedal is maximised.

That bike is beautifully well used!

awesome video

Very helpful.

Thanks Dave!

Nice one Dave

thank very much the block is a genus method... work likr a charm...😀👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👋👋👋👋

Great, thanks.

I wish I lived near this shop, non of the shops near me would even try such a repair,

Pedals get stuck because there put in without copper slip , £5 pot will do a thousand pedals , great instructional video by the way

Is there anyway i can use the same bolt from the old pedal to a diffrent type pedal because the ones that on my bike right now is small and i have these other ones but the bolt is to big

Nice work bro 😅

is the insert helo coil needed?

I've got a rounded of Allen socket on an Ultra carbon crank. Had all sorts of tries at getting it off. Dowsed it in WD40 for days too. Bought an Allen bolt remover socket set which is my next step. Failing that I can only think it'll have to be drilled out. If I do that I'll cut the pedal sort on the other side with a grinder so the depth of drilling is less. I don't want to do this to my beautiful Specialised Venue but may have to.....Any advice?

well put together tutorial

I have this issue at the moment my crank arms are carbon do i need to do anything different?

The best!

so that area of pedal spindle where you slip on the spanner has 'rounded-off' in my case. I can't even get a set of vice-grips to grab onto it. And I don't have a hex slot behind the spindle to have a go that way. Do I have any options aside from attacking it with a dremel and drill and just completely cutting off the pedal ?

what if you have rounded over the place where you put your spanner over can you do something to help the spanner to hold on?

Really nice video! Thank you! Just two remarks: 1) Not talking for two minutes after applying the heat helps keeping the heat. :D 2) Wear gloves! Most of these oils / fats are incredibly unhealthy (pot. carcinogenic) and penetrate the skin easily. 2.2) Burning the oil creates quite a bit of potentially dangerous smokes. If you really need to apply heat after applying the Plus Gas, better do it outdoors.

Great Vidio to have you tried heat then quench with cold water

I have a stationary bike that had really frozen pedals. This video helped a lot by adding some good tips. I thought for sure I'd need to use heat because I'd really worked on these pedals and thought they were all but welded on! In the end I didn't need to. What helped me was #1 using a nice LONG steel tube for added leverage. #2 using something as a stop for the opposite side pedal to keep the pedals from rotating. In my case it was two 25 lb. octagon dumb bells stacked on top of each other. I was able to use my body weight to keep the thing from tipping over, applied a nominal amount of pressure and voila the pedal broke free. In fact when I heard a bit of a "snap" I wasn't sure what happened because I was sure it was going to take much MORE pressure. The piece of steel tubing I used was 3 feet long.

I used a impact wrench, like 30 ugga duggas and my very stuck on pedal got loose, no visable damage to the threads :)

What will be range for tire pressure?

I'd previously tried to remove 20+ year old pedals without luck and the heat made all the difference.

Where can i get the same tool used

Block of wood worked a treat

Where abouts is your bike shop

The best

thumb no 1000 👍

My peddle is ruined , wrench is stripping the damn thing smooth

Looks like I need a heat gun. Went to change my pedals today to something with a bit bigger platform for my big feet and it was dead stuck. Even used a breaker bar on it for leverage, didnt budge. 1 came off no problem, the other not at all so gave up haha. I swear I put lubricant in the threads last time I changed them for this to NOT happen.

Thanks for the great video, unfortunately I don't have the tools to heat my crank arm. In my MTB group people have said to "shock the bolt" by hitting it with a hammer. I'm assuming you wouldn't recommend that, potentially leading to damaging the crank arm threads. ps. I don't have a pedal spanner but I found someone kind enough to lend me one, so hopefully I don't have to attempt "shocking the bolt".

hahahah "heating for 6 days" HAHAHA!

i live on campus, so i don't have the tools i need. but the LBS 2 blocks away offered to take mine off at no cost.

yeah looked everywhere none of this worked for me. So, what did I do? Took out the hacksaw, cut the spindle, forced a socket on the stripped out bolt. voila - nubby came off. what a pain! And no, pedals were not super pricey. they were super cheap, didn't care for em and came on the used bike. luckily did save the xtr crankarms they were on.

PUT GREASE ON THE THREADS TURN IT BACK IN THEN BACK OUT PUTZ

Unfortunately there's no way to get an impact driver on the nut. Its one of the most useful tools I have. Gets siezed nuts and bolts out. Gets woodscrews in where a screwdriver can't

You fail to mention one side is reverse thread, very important

Best way to do it is wrap old tubes around spanner and crank very tightly tens of time then apply more force with mallet, don't put fingers anywhere near the gap between spanner and crank cuz it will be sudden

Literally sprayed WD-40 in the Allen hole, then flipped it upside down, held the brakes and jumped on the Allen key and nothing happened. I weigh 165lbs and pretty muscular but even with both hands pushing, I still couldn't get it

Heating does not work in steel vintage cranks. Here is what I do: Disassemble the pedal body completely, attach the pedal spindle to the vice and apply your force to the crank arm. The leverage is big so it comes off easily.

I broke my spanner trying to get it off. That God it was cheap

It went together easily in less than an hour. kzfaq.infoUgkxHL1v1R3NE5x4KiYfyt8dnQmyNYz7qi5L Make sure the front fork is forward or the pedals will hit the front tire. Tires are both a little soft so it needs air before I ride it. The rear wheel didn't come with a clamp regular bolts hold it on. The front had the clamp. No scratches out of box. Rims are a little off with a slight wobble. They could have spent more time with the spoke tool fixing the run out. So far out of the box I'm happy with it. I did replace the pedals with a nice aftermarket set. After riding it a bit my A$$ is a bit sore so I ordered another seat. Overall I'm nearly 60 and didn't ride a bike in 30 years. I like my new 29" Schwinn. It will be used for casual rides with my friend.

Good karma come to you !!! Solved with some heat and loose easily…thank you 🙏

If bike shop butchers actually greased the threads then this would never be a problem. But they know youll be back to give them more of your hard earned cash when you can't get your pedals off.

Is It me or is he turning that crank side pedal anti-clockwise? Everyone says turn the non crank pedal anti - clockwise and the crank side clockwise to loosen. I wonder how he removed that without causing further damage himself?

heat guns not that bad when you cant touch the crank after a min with it....

I did this much quicker. I took my grinder and kut the pedal straight off. Then I whisked off the 15mm stub with my 900nm impact. Quite easy. Just ignore the two hours of black magic I had just performed trying to get the sob off. Sometimes brute force is the only appropriate reaction.

And all because the bike manufacturer or owner didn't assemble the pedal with a small amount of grease costing practically nothing!

It also helps to go in the right direction 🤦🏻‍♂️

With plumber's pliers every pedal will surender

It's like taking a tooth out

As soon as I hear “stay safe” I leave.

I had a stuck pedal and allen keys just would not shift it. Used an impact driver and it came off super easy. Was very surprised at how quick it was.

you can always spray it 1st give it 10 minutes etc let it dip down inside than try it use wd40 or gt 85 on the day or over nigh good luck 🤞

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Im just gonna buy a new crank arm for £10 🥲