Originally Posted by
veganpower
Hello guys, me again.
So I bought new pedals (shimano SPD-SL ultegra) a week ago and today I checked to see if the pedal had come loose and it had, so i tightened it, this time with more force.
My question is: Is it easy to overtighten pedals, I'm not using a pedal wrench, I'm using a standard 15 mm wrench and it is 19 cm long.
If you do overtighten the pedals can the threads in the crank arm strip? Or will the threads on the pedals strip first?
Unless you got a package labeled "L. Armstrong or current resident" recently, I'd get a longer wrench. I find, that if it lines up right, I can get it tighter by squeezing it against the arm tan by turning it with a baby wrench, but I eat all my spinach, better yet, use a pedal wrench, or find a pipe (seatpost will work) that will fit over the wrench, just don't scratch the arm...