Re: [CR]Reverse pedal threading?

(Example: Framebuilding:Brazing Technique)

From: "Steven Willis" <smwillis@verizon.net>
To: "Joe Bender-Zanoni" <joebz@optonline.net>, "Ted Baer" <wickedsky@sbcglobal.net>, <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
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Subject: Re: [CR]Reverse pedal threading?
Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 10:03:40 -0700


Maybe it was used on a tandem?
Steven Willis
1778 East Second Street
Scotch Plains NJ 07076
908-322-9022
http://www.thebikestand.com


----- Original Message -----
From: Joe Bender-Zanoni
To: Ted Baer
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 4:31 AM
Subject: Re: [CR]Reverse pedal threading?



> Also all you need do to use thise is swap the left and right pedal spindles
> on "directional " pedals. Its probably a good idea to use locktight.
>
> Joe Bender-Zanoni
> Great Notch, NJ
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ted Baer" <wickedsky@sbcglobal.net>
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 12:59 AM
> Subject: [CR]Reverse pedal threading?
>
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > This may very well go down as one of the most
> > ridiculous questions in CR history, but has anyone
> > ever come across a set of Campagnolo crank arms that
> > are 9/16" x 20tpi "reverse threaded?" I tried
> > threading a ton of pedals into a set of cranks I have
> > and it wasn't until I caught myself by mistake (in a
> > state of delirium) trying to thread a RIGHT thread
> > pedal into this particular LEFT hand crank when the
> > pedal went in just fine. I checked the drive side;
> > sure enough, it was quick to take the left pedal.
> >
> > These cranks look like they may have heli-coils in
> > both sides. Did Campagnolo ever manufacture cranks
> > with reverse threading? Or am I just sitting on junk?
> >
> > Ted E. Baer
> > in windy Palo Alto, CA