Re: [CR]Campagnolo pedal servicing questions

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Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 11:20:11 -0800
Subject: Re: [CR]Campagnolo pedal servicing questions
To: "Reid Fisher" <reidfisher@hotmail.com>
From: "Brandon Ives" <brandon@ivycycles.com>
In-Reply-To: <BAY101-F2882CAFAF527AE98CC78D9D6430@phx.gbl>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

Hold the cone in place and turn the spindle pulling the cone down seated onto the bearings. best, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives Vancouver, B.C.

On Wednesday, Dec 7, 2005, at 11:08 US/Pacific, Reid Fisher wrote:
> OK, so here are today's dumb questions, but I just had to blurt them
> out... I just finished servicing my Campagnolo Gran Sport pedals --
> I'd forgottent the Zen of the experience.
>
> - does anyone have a trick way to get the twelve ball bearings to sit
> at the right spot in the outer cup while running the cone down? They
> want to either fall in around the spindle, or ride up too high on each
> other next to the cone lip. I used a small amount of grease in the
> cup, positioned/adjusted the bearings using fine tweezers at just the
> right height while the pedal was held upright in the (padded) jaws of
> a vise. No biggy and maybe that's just the way, but if there's a
> better one, tell me.
>
> - For instance, could I cut a small disk of (milk jug) plastic to fit
> over the spindle to help center it and keep bearings from falling down
> in? -- large enough to keep bearings from falling in, small enough to
> not contact the pedal.
>
> - does anyone really use the small hole in the dust cap to grease the
> pedals, in the way you might use a zerk fitting? It seems like a
> needless entry point for dirt, so any reason not to mask it off from
> the inside? Here's heresy: an actual zerk fitting in a plastic dust
> cap would weigh less than a piece of bubble gum. Would certainly look
> funky to this crowd. I promise I won't do it to my metal dust caps!
>
> Reid Fisher at my pedal extremity last night in San Martin, California