Bicycles Asked on March 27, 2021
I bought some second-hand Crank Bros Eggbeater pedals. They came in the original box, apparently with all the bits except the cleats. (That’s fine. CB cleats are effectively a consumable.)
One of the bits is a pair of plastic pieces I don’t recognize. I’m still working on getting a photo from my phone in a place I can upload it, but in the meantime, please enjoy these ASCII drawings:
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Each piece is a plastic disc with a knurled edge. From the disc, a ring is extruded, with threading on the outside of the ring. The ring’s inner diameter is 10mm, and the outside is ~13.5mm. The outside diameter seems to be the same as a pedal spindle diameter, but the threading has a different pitch. There’s also a very small hole through the centre of the disc, so it can’t be used to seal anything.
Without a picture it sounds like the grease port tool
This picture was found in this article on rebuilding eggbeater pedals.
The Crank Brothers Eggbeater pedals, however, require periodic lubrication. A maintenance interval of once per season seems to be the general consensus.
As the Eggbeaters come with a grease port attachment, I purchased a grease gun
Evidently Eggbeater supplies the fitting but someone there does not recommend using it.
It seems like a painless, 5-minute job: remove dust cap; install grease port attachment; squirt in new grease, wipe off the old grease (pushed out from the seals on the inboard side); reinstall dust cap; and you are done.
Call me anal, but I decided to double-check with the manufacturer — and I am glad I did:
Hello,
Thank you for your e-mail. ...we would suggest not using the grease port. We would rather you take the spindle out and grease it like that. Just unscrew the endcap and take the nut off - then pull the spindle out and re-grease.
Hopefully this helps,
Thanks
Anka Martin
[email protected]
Customer Service
Correct answer by David D on March 27, 2021
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