Originally Posted by
LesterOfPuppets
I've done that before and it's something I never hope to do again. Unless it's on the single-sided Shimano road pedals, like the PD-1051.
It's not so much the bearing size that gets me it's that confounded cone/locknut situation. Never have looked into whether there was a special cone tool for pedals. I vaguely remember reading about grinding down a socket to make a pedal cone tool of some sort but...
Anyway, the single-sided Shimanos solved that problem, super easy cone/locknut adjustment on them.
Some older Shimano pedals and other nice loose ball pedals have slotted axles and room to fit a socket to turn the cone. Today I went ahead with overhauling a pair of Suntour Superbe pedals I got off a CL bike and was relieved to find cartridge bearings inside. Then I looked at some old Shimano pedals at the co-op and sure enough they have ball bearings larger than 1/16" and with slotted axles. sigh