Originally Posted by
Dan Burkhart
Yes, but as per the op, the issue is finding a compatible right side crank without a spider.
The trickiest part of the job is making sure to ream and tap the hole straight. The tool is a combined reamer and tap, and going in straight when the crank arm has a curve takes a careful eye.
Dan- Two of the few redoing pedal threads I've done was a front tandem set, both sides as I did the classic repurposing of a single's crankset. The next time I needed to do this I just made sure the pedals were really tight, their bearings were freely rotating (Speedplay X2s) and that I checked them periodically. In the nearly 20 years that set has been in use the pedals have never needed retightening (and have been removed and reinstalled a number of times). Like I said I am not the expert on pedal thread inserts but like most wrenches I do have opinions just the same. I agree with getting the reaming and threading straight, a drill press helps with this and is what I used (under no power but as a fixture). Andy