Bicycle Pedal Removal and Installation

[@peterpowers4851]

He stopped that tire with his bare hand like a boss!

[@keymusic]

Except that the second time he did it he used the brake so maybe he didn’t like using his hand too much. 😝

[@jajefan123456789]

Hands of steel ;)

[@peterpowers4851]

@enriqueamaya3883 preaching to the choir brother

[@peterpowers4851]

@enriqueamaya3883 and it's Jesus

[@EverettWilson]

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[@darrenangel461]

This is Calvin Jones, park tool's chief mechanic, TOP MAN, FULLEST RESPECT CALVIN !.

[@sidefx996]

I've worked on cars and motorcycles most of my life, but as a relative newbie to working on bicycles over the last year, I must say your videos (and tools) have been absolute gold. Between getting some specialized tools and plenty of new techniques to learn and your instructional videos always get me squared away. Thank you so much Calvin!

[@andrewsmith3530]

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[@elephantgrass631]

Well... yeah... it's Park Tool. These are product commercials on selling us a tool so it better be done right.

[@sidefx996]

@@elephantgrass631 Yeah I get it but it's a win-win for everyone. It's a really smart concept and over and over the how-to videos and the results have been more than worth the price of the tools I've bought. And unlike many other things they don't come across like an obnoxious sales pitch.

[@elephantgrass631]

@@sidefx996 Well............... yeah........... it's Park Tool. These are product commercials on selling us a tool so it better be done right........ it's called marketing.

[@davogladwin]

@@elephantgrass631 I get it as well, I hate the commercialization of life, but you can service or fix your bike with these very clear and useful videos and not have any park tools. You save money and time by doing it yourself and right!

[@brandong8978]

Straight to the point. Informative. Sufficiently detailed. Congrats on setting the gold standard for 'how to' videos.

[@tmhudg]

I recently needed to take off my pedals from my tandem that had been on for years. I could not apply enough force to move them while holding back on the opposite pedal. The solution I found was to place a block of wood - a 2x4 about 6 inches long standing upright - under the opposite crank arm to prevent it from rotating. Then, on the pedal I wanted off, use a hammer to hit the 15mm box wrench I was using to turn it. The block of wood lets you whack the wrench as hard as you want - obviously, be careful. Once I did that I was able to remove all the pedals pretty easily.

[@davooberger5790]

Great guide!! As a total newbie at this here are my comments on what to do when installing pedals(i bought a 4800$ biscycle and had issues with this lol so i thought i´d share them with you) #1 OIL UP THE treads and "hole" and don´t be cheap on the oil!!! VERY important IMO. #2 USE A PROPER wrench, best would be a non-adjustable one. #3 Check for Left(L) and Right(R) on the pedals, as a novice i didn´t even think about this....this is obvious if you have done it once before but i seriously havn´t thought about this. Screw the pedals "towards the frontweel" when installing them. Basicly oil, a proper wrench and then check for left and right does it all.

[@Davidow1]

Wow, best bicycle tutorials I've seen on KZbin - Kudos!

[@WheelsonaBike]

I watched this video just as I was about to give up on removing the pedals from my 3 year old gravel bike. It was very difficult, but the clear instructions helped immensely. Thank you!

[@justonemorecast]

I literally just ordered the park tool 15mm-9/16 wrench. When he mentions using a "crow's foot", I ran out to my garage and grabbed my crow's foot 15 mm and car brake tension wrench. Ta-Da, off comes the pedal!! I ran back in and canceled my amazon order. The brake tool crow's foot was thin enough to fit well on the pedal, the long handle of the tension wrench provided plenty of torque. Park tool I'm sorry you lost a sale, but thanks for the idea from the video. Ironically I've never used my brake tool for a brake job.

[@darylgibson8618]

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[@vikrambhojanala7662]

Fuck of

[@Edgar193]

I just did it with a regular 15mm wrench too

[@TomMSTie1138]

Thank you again Park Tool, for helping me not make a costly mistake while maintaining my bike!

[@afuantumi2768]

Thanks I was going to pay someone to change my pedals but I have just done it. I’m a nurse in England and my bike was stolen in July but the police found it and it’s as if someone intentionally damaged the pedals and my leg keeps coming off so I needed to change it and thanks to your video I’ve done just that.

[@CebsJr]

Thank you! I went from typical stock pedals to much fancier pedals that needed an Allen key for installing, and you helped me remove and install the new ones, perfectly! Had to really look for any markings that said R or L as turns out, that's very important for threading... mine were very small.

[@danieldamico1]

You are the best! Thanks so much. For some reason, I’ve always confused this process. Your instruction is through, simple and clear. Finally got this simple task down!

[@boksteve]

Thanks! Worked on my 30 yr old Trek like a charm! This dimwitted bike DIY noob would've been fighting that R-L clockwise counter-clockwise thing for hours! New subscriber now.

[@effjay8010]

This is such a great series presented by a great teacher. Thank you!

[@01234david]

Not only did I buy the Park Pedal Wrench.. I changed my pedals successfully!

[@willmcpherson1977]

This is the only video that could help me to do this. I eventually had to put one foot on the opposite pedal, and one foot on the wrench (going to right direction) and use my body weight to get the first crank. Thanks!

[@dronejunglistplatoon]

I put some Bontrager mtb pedals on my bike versus the stock ones and now I’m ready to become pro! Thanks Park Tool!

[@abhipandey7069]

Watching this guy talk about pedals for no apparent reason. Almost like ASMR!

[@andrewyip2967]

The mechanical advantage tip saved me a trip to the shop! I had a stubborn pedal and couldn’t get it off for ages…. Thank you!

[@r6simonelf]

Great series of videos. I thought I was going to have to resort to heating the crank, but its amazing what using the correct tools, and using them correctly, can do. Thanks guys.

[@thankyouforflossing]

Thanks for this video- explained simply but with attention to detail. I have now used it a half dozen times so I could take my bike pedals with me on trips. Huge help!

[@seankennedy4284]

Thanks for the great vid. Was busily cranking away---in the wrong direction---on my crescent wrench when it dawned on me something just MIGHT be amiss. This vid helped me save a very-soon-to-be significant mistake.

[@Elephantine999]

Such good videos you Park people make--authoritative and well presented.

[@ed_1969]

Saved me from busting my hands more on trying to remove my pedals. Thanks!

[@lkw5699]

I really needed this science lesson. I always forget which pedal to loosen which way

[@clutch3171]

good stuff just done mine using a 17mm wrench for L size bike frame. was like a ride on a sunny summer day !

[@PMK7734]

Thanks for this video. You just saved me a trip to my LBS. Extra money for new pedals! 😀

[@rubenybarra3930]

Thank you very much. You have the best instructional bike videos.

[@jaiminmodi2715]

Great video. I've been through multiple videos but none worked. This explained clearly on which side should the pressure be applied. Keep up the good work. Thank you.

[@stuartblink]

The tip on mechanical advantage was really helpful . Thanks.

[@martinjoyce7930]

Another top video. Clear and simple 👍👍👍

[@mth280268]

These tutorials are just the best

[@Playperman]

Thank you sooooo much, the right pedal was stuck, applied your additional tip to remove it and just like that it was removed, 😊

[@elegantorbit7369]

Thanks for this vid. The tip at the end re: breaking lose extra tight pedals worked great for me. My arms aren't quite as long as the mechanic in the vid so I held the off crank with one hand and applied pressure on the wrench with my foot. Solved my "stuck pedal" problem with no sweat.

[@taufikabidin412]

just watched the vid again for pedal removal: 1. Get the "want to be" removed pedal behind (so the opposite pedal is in front) 2. Get the tool engaged, facing the front (paralel or almost paralel with the opposite crank). 3. Tool goes up, opposite crank pushed/footed down

[@TimSoriano]

great guide, incase you missed it, when brakes fail use handbrake 2:29

[@grahamduke7377]

This is exceedingly hilarious.

[@michaelmamba1578]

I have none of those tools😂, but I still did it. Thanks for the vid

[@rony_ftw]

lossen the pedal towards the rear wheel, install and rotate towards the front wheel..simple as that

[@sidefx996]

+Miron Klescik Thank you! Always love easy ways to remember things like this.

[@jasonjayalap]

Explanation: both pedals tighten as you pedal forward. One side is left handed as a safety feature.

[@Dave-lr2wo]

@@sidefx996 No, it really doesn't make sense. I'll explain why: a rotating circle can be perceived as both "rotating away" or "rotating toward." If a person thinks you mean the bottom of the circle, the bottom of the circle will be moving the opposite direction to the top. So to make this instruction useful, you should refer to the portion of the circle you mean OR use even better terms, like clockwise or counterclockwise.

[@jeffheine3947]

Mind blown 🤯 too easy

[@xyz-g3w6b]

Just tried this and it works. This tip is more useful than his video because there's no waffle in it. Cheers!

[@khc8800]

The only bit of info I was seeking, which he doesn’t mention explicitly, is the simple “right side is common thread direction” and therefore, the left side is where you have to be careful to turn OPPOSITE of common. It’s the only potential blunder if old pedals are frozen tight. Yes, he says it, but all that clockwise and counterclockwise which depends on view direction is confusing. Everything else in the video is just basic mechanical sensibilities.

[@Richard_Gatecliffe_Photography]

Thank you for a very simple but detailed explanation.

[@00great226]

Best moustache in the cycling industry!

[@jenniferv981]

I'm glad I found this video because I a person who knows nothing about bikes, trying to repair mine.😁

[@ragna3671]

Loving you is easy cause you're helpful, tha tha tha tha thank youuuu AHHHHHH!!!!😁

[@jartagniancopria1120]

thank man, you are golden,. changed my pedals easily coz of your tut

[@zxtenn]

I have a wrench like that, VERY well made and does the job

[@amirhouseingholinia2023]

Excellent video. Thanks for sharing

[@Jay_Mac1775]

Just got new pedals for Christmas and I don’t have a pedal wrench so turns out a 16mm combo wrench works great

[@parktool]

A combination wrench will work fine. Just not as comfortabel and usually not as much leverage. But it should be a 15mm.

[@Jay_Mac1775]

@@parktool it worked but for some reason I had to use a 16mm but thankfully my new pedals use an Allen key

[@thomascdurham9130]

Calvin, I simply tell folks "R"emove to the "R"ear!, "F"oward to the "F"ront to install :)

[@thomascdurham9130]

@GrievedHymn This doesn't work on bike pedals!

[@thomascdurham9130]

@GrievedHymn Bike pedals and most bottom brackets on the left side threads are reverse from the right side in which your rule would not apply. IF you can successfully removed your left pedal by wrenching to the left, your bike was poorly made with two right side crank arms. I'm 68 and do know my ass from my elbow! :D !!!

[@DrLoverLover]

@@thomascdurham9130 Yes it does. On the left you turn to the left and on the right to the right.

[@stackedhippiechick]

Calvin is the best!

[@chriswikoff9672]

So, I think the bike shop glued the pedals to the bike, it have been trying for an hour and I’ve had lots of help

[@righteousone8454]

Easiest way to remember: Pull wrench back towards rear wheel on both sides, this way you will never confuse how to unscrew the pedals. Pull wrench forward towards front wheel to tighten. Boom.

[@kumar300171]

Thanks, Was to remember

[@DrLoverLover]

Unless you turn from underneath

[@margaretcronin4073]

Installer has a very nice tone.

[@BEAZY_5150]

Margaret Cronin Christopher Walken said YEA! I like your tone. I would never stab you in the face with a soldering iron

[@jffydavy5509]

Pedal threads should to be 'greased' completely. Applying the grease to only the pedal threads will result in almost nothing on the pedal starting threads and the last threads in the crank arm once the pedal is completely installed. Especially when new pedals are installed on a new crank arm. Grease should be applied to the pedal threads and to the starting threads of the crank arm. You don't have to coat all the crank arm threads. Just put in enough for the pedal threads to push the grease through and coat the crank arm pedal threads. This will result in an even coating on all the threads when you see some grease around the 15 mm wrench flats and some grease around the end of the pedal threads on the back side of the crank arm. Wipe's away the visible grease.

[@thompson9451]

Got some new shimanos for my birthday. Excited to get them installed today!

[@bnz5227]

your video Has the best instruction.

[@Goat.phomator666]

2:29 His palm brake is better than my mechanical brakes

[@ethanduns9365]

Honestly who here does not use the park tools but still watches their videos

[@ivan.marjanovic]

Thank you, I spent 1h of my life trying to install the left side pedal by turning it clockwise.

[@philgarofalo6939]

Excellent tutorial. Thanks!

[@truthseeker9988]

👍👍Thanks for that knowledge.

[@grudebusch]

#mechanicaladvantage

[@wildpaparazzi2553]

Thx my man parktool

[@Flyingredcactus]

This is quality material

[@ajayshinmar9297]

Finally a proper explanation video the rest expect us to know it

[@guycohen4403]

Great video can you Please make a video about how to grease the bearing inside the pedals

[@user-eb6xi5ch9d]

This man is a god!

[@antistat8756]

Thank you for the refresher and kind words........Bill M.

[@marcospola8857]

Very nice many thanks master mechanics bikes thanks

[@robertmcfadyen9156]

I broke a. PD - W 4 removing a pedal on a TREK FX5 a month ago due to electrolytic corrosion .

[@inmanmark]

Brilliantly clear!

[@Dutcharmytent]

The right pedal is right, or correct , the left is odd. Easy to remember now? Right means a right hand thread which is a regular thread you turn to the right to do it up or to make it tight. The left pedal has the odd back to front alternate left hand thread, turn right to un do or take out.

[@DrLoverLover]

No. What way is right?

[@albertbatfinder5240]

100% agree. You can simplify it even more. Just remember one side. I say “one side is WHACK!” and that’s all I need. When you consider that one side has the chain and chainring and gears, it can’t be whack. So the other side is whack. No left, no right, no clockwise, no counterclockwise, no tighten, no loosen, no consideration of crank arm rotation, etc, etc.

[@shellsbignumber2]

Very helpful tutorial, thanks.

[@mralexli]

The simple way to remember is turn the wrench towards the back to remove the pedals, works for both sides.

[@johnpoo1662]

confusing. turning upwards? downwards? bike standing upright? upside down? :/

[@99muddy99]

Point the respective pedal cranks to the ground. Put the wrench on or in with its handle facing the back wheel. Push down = push backwards. Works both sides. Kalvin’s leverage instructions are optimal, but if you get confused with the orientation, this technique can help you establish which direction is appropriate.

[@sachinlc]

Nice and educative 😀👏🏻

[@aybekcihan4864]

Any tips for removing a stuck pedal? I do not want to round the axle or break my allen.

[@MaplePanda04]

Penetrating oil and heat could help.

[@josedhernandez7777]

Do you have the model of that luggage carrier on sec 0:31 ?

[@benweiss5199]

worked like a charm

[@chucklestheclown8024]

Ok, I had doubts about how easy it was to remove a pedal with this tool. Yep, it was as easy as it looks! 😅😅😅

[@liambentz5763]

Can u use chain oil or wd40 as thread stuff

[@seshachary5580]

thank you. very educative

[@williambaldwin9346]

So are the nuts and the washers INSIDE the pedal? Mine on my specialized are so bad the plastic pedal was cracked and broken on both and lifted right off with just removing the front nut,

[@cujoedaman]

I never knew the threads were reversed on one side, makes sense though after watching this. Had a bike given to me after it fell out of the back of a car and sheared the left crank right off, working on fixing it up, but the pedal felt 'gritty' like maybe the impact messed up the bearings. Just gonna replace both pedals, but I was wrenching on that left pedal for five minutes before I watched this and found out it's reverse thread...

[@that70sschwinn]

Very informative, thanks for posting

[@larryenglish8900]

good, but why no pipe extension, or penetrating oil, or heat?(on the stuck one)

[@fmc6338]

thank you very much, i kept thinking eighty tighty lefty Lucy, then i watched this video

[@sergeiz.5815]

Thank you

[@ShawnCarter305]

This is great!

[@TheDeeplectic]

Hi. Great video. Btw, can I use HPG-1?

[@CosmicDigital507]

Guess I'll take mine to the shop tomorrow if I can't get that nice 15mm slim wrench with the nice long handle. I broke 3 regular 15mm spanners, 2 of which I bought new. The first one went when trying to turn the left pedal thread counterclockwise like a moron. The other two snapped trying to correct that mistake without enough leverage...my hand is not having any more janky attempts.

[@hachi-rokuperformancegroup3987]

What wrenches did you use? It takes a lot of force to break a wrench unless you got them from amazon or harbor freight

[@avghunter07]

if the pedal on the crank side loosens just by the motion of pedaling or normal thread makes no since. Why wouldn't the crank side have a left thread so it actually tightens when pedaling. Anyway today I striped my left pedal and it won't even thread in now and tighten. Is there a thread adapter I can get that inserts

[@parktool]

If there are no more threads in the crank there are people who sell helicoils for them. We offer taps to clean the threads but no Helicoils. The reason the pedals are threaded like this is because the ball bearings in the pedals reverse the rotational force.

[@jonathandeleon2417]

If my bike has 15mm wrench flat can I put pedals with no French flat? Thanks 👍

[@parktool]

You sure can. The cranks do not mind if your pedals have or do not have wrench flats. Either will work in the same crank.

[@jvianneyjr]

Whats the diference between ball bearing pedalls and DU Bearing Pedals?

[@sbsb4995]

Outstanding

[@gatomatoII]

This is a Hight Quality Professional video. Thank you for your class and generosity!

[@bullred9498]

I got some cube all mountain pedals and I have a 9/16” and 15mm pedal wrench, both seem to be too big which doesn’t make sense, I’m about to throw this bike away and go back to skateboarding, shit shouldn’t be this difficult

[@parktool]

It is common for pedal wrench flats to be undersized, which is not a good thing, just the way things are. Measure with a caliper and you can see this on many different brands. The pedal wrenches can deal with this, just don't over tighten.

[@bullred9498]

Park Tool I think I need to get a bike stand soon, so I’m an idiot and the pedals were suppose to be applied with an Allen wrench, I didn’t put enough grease on I think but I took it to a bike shop, they got the pedals off, greased them really good and put them back on and they adjusted my front brake

[@alexkang5473]

This was very helpful. Thank you!

[@jackburton2680]

So how do you remove the entire pedal assembly. The threading on mine is fucked, i cant just screw the part your foot touches. I need to replace the entire "arm" too.

[@flaviuscarp]

1:27 5 minutes after watching I have this nasty wound on my finger. Covering the teeth with the chain is a good advice.

[@jeffreyclark5095]

Me too!!! We should have listened !!!

[@hishaam6915]

By far best tutorial