Originally Posted by Leukybear

Never owned a pair before but I've read a bunch of stories of how the pedal seized up at the cage, the egg beater looking part, and stripped/ nearly stripped the crank for people. Anyhow, this seizing is caused by a lack of maintenance of the pedal itself, not the installation and tightness, but the road gunk that builds up on/ in over use. So yeah, repacking every now and then is key no matter how clean it looks on the outside, they are self serviceable anyhow.