Road Cycling - Look cleet washer / screws?

I lost two of my washers and screws for my look cleats on today’s ride. I ended up on very rough road for some 15 miles. I think the screws just worked there way out. Next time, I’ll use loctite!

Anyhow, where i can purchase replacement washers and screws? I have the sidi titan II shoe, with the look shoe plates. The original screws came from sidi with the shoes and shoe plates.

Obviously youd need replacement screws from sidi as the ones that come with look cleats are too short to reach past the adaptor plate to the sole. As for the washers, Id guess youd need them from look. You may have to get new cleats though, at least theyre cheap.

you can just buy a new set of cleats, normally they will come with washers and screws. if the screws are too short however you can always pick up some machined screws at your local hardware shop (or perhaps even a LBS)

Joe,

I have Sidi shoes but use Speedplay cleats (pedals too!).
I know I have some left over hardware from the shoes
(genius). I used the speedplay screws not the sidi so
I can check and if I have any extra I can send em to you
(unless you want new cleats anyhow).
I'll let you know.

Marty

Sounds great marty! I just dropped by the LBS, they had none avalible, my sidi dealer is 80 miles away, i'll call them tomarro to see if i can get a screw and washer for this weekends century.

The cleats are fine, i have ~1500 miles on them, and they show very little wear.

you've got to be careful about those. i used to lose them all the time. if you tighten too much you run the risk of stripping it - and of course you need a long enough one. the whole cleat kit is like $12.00-i had to buy new shoes because the old one was all stripped from years of use...


i was out on a ride early this year.....and i was just tooling along and found a cleat washer and screw by the side of the road....>18 miles from my house....i know it was one of mine from the prior year. i did one of those double takes like....there's no way.... in all the gravel by the shoulder....

i always trace around the cleat in marker before i take it off so i can get the new one on right where the old one was.

Originally posted by Joe Gardner
Sounds great marty! I just dropped by the LBS, they had none avalible, my sidi dealer is 80 miles away, i'll call them tomarro to see if i can get a screw and washer for this weekends century.

The cleats are fine, i have ~1500 miles on them, and they show very little wear.
Joe,
send me an e-mail or PM with the details and I send
the stuff off.
FYI a drop of Blue locktite helps keep the screws from
backing themselves out.

Marty

Only the LBS will have washers, but as for the bolts, you can pick them up at a hardware store. They are probably metric and you can size them by taking another screw from the cleat. The screws come in different head styles and thread lengths. The threads are standardized. Probably should get stainless steel.

Only the LBS will have washers, but as for the bolts, you can pick them up at a hardware store. They are probably metric and you can size them by taking another screw from the cleat. The screws come in different head styles and thread lengths. The threads are standardized. Probably should get stainless steel.
My new Shimano PD-7800 cleats won't mount on my Sidi shoes because the screws are too short to reach the female threads on the shoe through the adaptor plate. Though Shimano's mounting directions mention there are "longer screws available separately from Shimano" I haven't found these suckers anywhere, including Shimano's own website. Am I really gonna have to rely on my local Ace Hardware man to solve this? Surely I'm not the only guy who has looked for these screws.

My new Shimano PD-7800 cleats won't mount on my Sidi shoes because the screws are too short to reach the female threads on the shoe through the adaptor plate. Though Shimano's mounting directions mention there are "longer screws available separately from Shimano" I haven't found these suckers anywhere, including Shimano's own website. Am I really gonna have to rely on my local Ace Hardware man to solve this? Surely I'm not the only guy who has looked for these screws.


You need the mounting cleat for the Sidi shoe to accept the PD7800 cleat...they come with screws that are long enough. That's the whole point...Shimano does not know what shoe you have, so the shoe mfg supplies the screws long enough...
Sounds like you did not get the screws with the mounting cleat.

I Usually replace mine with 10mm hex bolts, you can tighten them much tighter than you can when they are screw heads. You can get them at any auto parts store or a hardware store.

You need the mounting cleat for the Sidi shoe to accept the PD7800 cleat...they come with screws that are long enough... the shoe mfg supplies the screws long enough...
Sounds like you did not get the screws with the mounting cleat.

The cleats and screws came with the pedals, not the shoes. I'm not surprised the Shimano shoe-specific screws aren't long enough for the Sidi adaptor plate but I'm dumbfounded why instructions note longer screws are available from Shimano but nobody seems to have them.

Never had this kind of problem mounting my Time ATAC cleats to a Specialized MTB shoe. I guess road shoes are just perhaps more "sophisticated?" I'm off to the hardware store. Ironic that I'm riding there in my ATACs....

Bentrox, A decent Sidi shop should have a couple of partitioned boxes full of small parts including the longer screws you need. They can also be ordered thru any shop that deals with the distibutor Quality. The beveled screws would be hard to find at a hardware store.

Joe, the same Sidi box should have longer screws for your shoes as well. The replacement pack with washers and screw, from Look, is pricey, I would just buy a new set of cleats, use the hardware, and save the cleats where you can find them.