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Old 08-05-13 | 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted by KenshiBiker
+1 on that. I was kind of surprised when I got a pair of Crank Bros Eggbeaters, that they had no flats for a wrench (combination or pedal). Took me a minute to realize that the pedal spindle has a hex recess for an 8 mm (IIRC) Allen wrench.
The 'except that' is that the pedals are normally speced to require a torque of 40Nm and the length of a standard 15mm combination wrench or 8mm allen key won't give you near the leverage required. Yeah - you can put an extension bar on them, or just buy the specific tool for the job in the first place - which is a lot longer than standard. The hex key and the pedal wrench both.
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