Originally Posted by
jl0703
No....that's not normal. Pedals should go on relatively easy. Are you SURE you installed the pedals on the corrects sides ?? Left Pedal on left crank arm, right pedal on right crank arm?. If you installed them incorrectly, you may have toasted your pedals and crank arms.
I doubt he hosed the pedal threads, but the crankarms are not exactly toast either. He can have a Helicoil tapped into each arm.
The "r" and "l" stamping meant right and left. Rarely, because I've dealt with thousands of bikes, you get "d" and "g" for driote and gauche.