Not 5 Star Products....Things That Have Failed

The XTR pedal on my Scott was creaking. I inspected it and noticed that it is extremely loose.
Check out clips on you tube, and decided on o tension the bearing. Re-greased it, and felt good about my ability to fix things.

Yesterday around noon was the first ride on Saturday the bike after the service and it lasted 1.5 miles......
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I’m not sure if I missed something when I inspected it or why the two nuts are that far up the tread, but walking up Lizard sucks.

Hopefully Backcountry (or Shimano) replace it. I wander is there a real difrence in design in XTR vs. XT pedals. This is the second XTR pedal I busted.
 
HBkites said:
The XTR pedal on my Scott was creaking. I inspected it and noticed that it is extremely loose.
Check out clips on you tube, and decided on o tension the bearing. Re-greased it, and felt good about my ability to fix things.

Yesterday around noon was the first ride on Saturday the bike after the service and it lasted 1.5 miles......View attachment 33978View attachment 33979
I’m not sure if I missed something when I inspected it or why the two nuts are that far up the tread, but walking up Lizard sucks.

Hopefully Backcountry (or Shimano) replace it. I wander is there a real difrence in design in XTR vs. XT pedals. This is the second XTR pedal I busted.
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Big difference is XT has 1 year warranty....XTR has 3.


Did you remove the 2 nuts and all the bearings when yo serviced it? Or did you just adjust the preload? I’m not seeing the black hard rubber washer that should be on the axle....would have been under the sleeve that houses the bearings. It acts like a bearing race for the outer most bearings.

It’s the piece between the #3’s. It has a radius on one end and square edge on the other:

Ignore the red arrow, that’s not what I’m talkin about.

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J, I didn't remove anything. I didn't want to deal with the ball bearings. All I did was tension the preload.
I didn't check the inside part of the pedal. I suspect that there are some leftovers in there. I remember that I backed off a quarter turn the allow free spin.
One possibility is that I didn't tighten the jam nut enough, and it allowed the cone nut to over tighten the bearing.

I'm trying not to over think it. Hopefully, new pedals will show up one day.
 
HBkites said:
The XTR pedal on my Scott was creaking. I inspected it and noticed that it is extremely loose.
Check out clips on you tube, and decided on o tension the bearing. Re-greased it, and felt good about my ability to fix things.

Yesterday around noon was the first ride on Saturday the bike after the service and it lasted 1.5 miles......View attachment 33978View attachment 33979
I’m not sure if I missed something when I inspected it or why the two nuts are that far up the tread, but walking up Lizard sucks.

Hopefully Backcountry (or Shimano) replace it. I wander is there a real difrence in design in XTR vs. XT pedals. This is the second XTR pedal I busted.
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Hey - that looks familiar. I've seen it three times. Twice on XTR Trails, once on XT Trails.
 
mtnbikej said:
The clicking usually means that the bearing preload is loose. A quick adjustment will alleviate that problem.
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Thanks. But wouldn't there be some detectable play/wobble in the pedal if the preload was a little loose? Wobbling is one thing none of my clicking (3 sets) SPD pedals have ever displayed.

I watched a service/adjustment Park Tools video for SPD pedals. I'm going to need to purchase that special nut remover, huh?
 
SnakeCharmer said:
Thanks. But wouldn't there be some detectable play/wobble in the pedal if the preload was a little loose? Wobbling is one thing none of my clicking (3 sets) SPD pedals have ever displayed.

I watched a service/adjustment Park Tools video for SPD pedals. I'm going to need to purchase that special nut remover, huh?
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Even the slightest amount of play will make the pedal click.

No special tools are needed.

2 adjustable wrenches
7mm open end wrench
8 or 9mm open end wrench
 
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herzalot said:
Does your comment or the "whistling" emoji imply I am doing something wrong, or are you just mentioning your good fortune?
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Mostly my good fortune. But I keep reading about the XTR pedals failing. I guess it's sort of an indication that sometimes less is more? I dunno.

Having said that, mine will probably fall apart this weekend. ;)
 
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SnakeCharmer said:
Thanks. But wouldn't there be some detectable play/wobble in the pedal if the preload was a little loose? Wobbling is one thing none of my clicking (3 sets) SPD pedals have ever displayed.

I watched a service/adjustment Park Tools video for SPD pedals. I'm going to need to purchase that special nut remover, huh?
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Only older style SPD require the "star" tool.
 
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