Originally Posted by
FBinNY
I can't believe (actually I do, because that's what happened) that you replaced tree pedals without making a difference. SOP for a synchronous click is to replace pedals to eliminate the pedal and pedal thread. That should entail cleaning and greasing the thread, or at the very least, cleaning the face where the pedal flats meet.
I could see leaving a bit of dirt there once, but it's hard to believe that three changes didn't clean it off by accident if not intent.
BTW- Though i still don't use them, I understand that pedal washers seem to help with this issue.
I'm surprised, too. In my defense, I wasn't changing pedals with the intent of eliminating the noise. I just wanted to try different pedals. The noise was a minor annoyance at first and has gotten a little worse with time and it wasn't until some time after my last pedal change that I really started to concentrate on getting rid of it.
Each time I changed pedals I would squirt in a little WD40 and pass a rag through the hole in the crank arm. Put some lube on the pedal threads and that's all. Thinking back, the noise probably went away for a little while each time, but always came back, and if anything got worse with time. Like I said, it wasn't a major concern until recently.
This time I was much more thorough. Got in there with a toothbrush. If it gets noisy again in a week or two, I'll be pretty certain that it's not just dirt.