Hi,
Thursday, November 13, 2008, 4:57:27 PM, John Betmanis wrote:
> At 04:13 PM 13/11/2008 -0500, Dmitry Yaitskov wrote:
>>Hi,
>>
>>I noticed that on my Hetchins, when I screw the pedals into the
>>cranks, they are very loose until I tighten the pedals. I.e. the
>>threads in the cranks seem to be "loose" (same pedals thread into
>>other cranks just fine, and other pedals thread into those cranks
>>loose), hope this description makes sense. I can tighten them though,
>>and then they seem ok - but definitely way too loose while going in.
>>Because the cranks are Chater Lea I don't really think this is some
>>other threading - but maybe it is? If so - any ideas what it can be?
>>If the threads are just loose due to age/mistreating - is there a way
>>to improve the situation somehow? Or maybe I should not worry about
>>this at all, as after all the cranks are steel... your input is much
>>appreciated.
> What pedals? Wouldn't French pedals fit English cranks like that? (I'm just
> thinking this because French cranks can be easily tapped out for English
> pedals.)
Sorry, I should have made this clear(er): I have two pairs of Chater Lea pedals, they both (or rather, all four of them) fit those cranks (also Chater Lea) similarly. Both those pedals fit another English threaded crank normally. And I have a TA French-threaded crank that these pedals do NOT fit. Also, I don't know but I assume that French threading has a different TPI, doesn't it? (If it does then French-threaded pedals probably won't go all the way into English-threaded cranks even if they have smaller diameter, no?)
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Cheers,
Dmitry Yaitskov,
Toronto, Canada.