Gear pedal

olionel · Post by **olionel** » Thu May 24, 2007 4:42 pm

Hi just bought a gear pedal assembly (including the footpeg and etc) from andy on this site. And Im trying to get the pedal, rather than changing the whole assembly, but I the allen key bolt does not want to move at all, so I started wondering is this thing all 1 piece? does that bolt come off to release the pedal ?

Post by **Northern ANdy** » Thu May 24, 2007 6:54 pm

it does come off, but I cant remember if there is something you have to do at the back of it. Take a look

RedexRobB · Post by **RedexRobB** » Thu May 24, 2007 8:07 pm

Yeah it deffo comes off, i got a feeling its got some thread lock stuff on it to stop it coming loose so that might be why. Its probably quite difficult trying to undo it on its own unless you can get it in a vice, failing that you could always fit it on the bike and try and undo it that way.

olionel · Post by **olionel** » Thu May 24, 2007 8:45 pm

ye, I took my current one off the bike had a look as the assembly I bought is quite dirty and I couldnt see if that allen bolt was actually a seperate part. Yes it looks to be seperate, I dont have a vice (Im in uni so I keep moving house and dont have a set garage yet) anyway, Im off to get a generator cover gasket from a dealer tomorrow so might take both the assemblies and ask them nicely to loosen it for me.. shouldnt take them 5 minutes. Cheers anyways

Post by **masterofinsanity** » Fri May 25, 2007 10:25 am

heat it up a bit with a gas torch to loosen the loctite stuff

Post by **cargo** » Fri May 25, 2007 6:40 pm

Rob is right there is thread lock in there holding that bolt
Bit of heat will help get it out.
In fact heat it up and then spray it with WD40 the thermal shock will work wonders.
Do not spray WD40 anywhere near your heat source just on the hot part

olionel · Post by **olionel** » Fri May 25, 2007 7:11 pm

ok thanks a lot for the tips, Ill give it a go soon.

Post by **cargo** » Fri May 25, 2007 8:14 pm

I wouldn't use a gas torch to heat it
Try a hot air gun

olionel · Post by **olionel** » Sat May 26, 2007 9:52 am

mmm I dont have a hot air gun... i think Im going to put it in a vive give it a try, if it doesnt work might try and heat it up a bit, isnt the thermal shock going to damage the metal tho? as its brittleness?

Post by **cargo** » Sat May 26, 2007 10:00 am

olionel wrote: isnt the thermal shock going to damage the metal tho? as its brittleness?

Not at the kind of temperatures that a hot air gun will produce.

If you used gas ans get it very (red hot) then yes maybe

If you do just clamp it in a vice use a good quaility and good fitting allen key to get it out if you damage it............. things will get much harder

olionel · Post by **olionel** » Sat May 26, 2007 10:06 am

would a hair dryer do as a hot air gun?

Post by **cargo** » Sat May 26, 2007 10:27 am

olionel wrote:would a hair dryer do as a hot air gun?

better than nothing

olionel · Post by **olionel** » Sat May 26, 2007 10:41 am

that bolt doesnt have to be tightened to a specific torque does it? as its not a missively moving part? I really need a manual I think..

Post by **cargo** » Sat May 26, 2007 11:25 am

Every nut and bolt has a specfic toque setting.

If you over tighten any bolt it will be stretched and therefore weakened.

I found the front brake caliper bolts on my old CBR 600 had stretched by nearly 5mm they were supposed to be 45mm long but one of them was nearly 50mm It was a race bike and the caliper bolts were in and out all the time.

Anyway the gear pedal lever bolt on you ZXR has a torque setting of 25NM or in old fashioned money 18ftlb.
A drop of grease on the bit that the lever pivots on would be good as well and of course some thread lock on the threads

olionel · Post by **olionel** » Sat May 26, 2007 1:20 pm

thanks very much. Do the 2 bolts that hold the assembly on to the chassis have any torque settings by the way? and what is it for the generator cover bolts? Thanks!