Originally Posted by
repechage
I recently did a set of those. The small bearings and the shallow cone and race shape makes them a buggar to assemble.
the inboard side is easier but the outboard end is a definite challenge.
my solution was a bored hole into a scrap of thick hardwood big enough for the spindle to be freestanding but no more with an upright to hold the pedal body vertical.
that stabilized the parts and loading the bearings was relatively easy after.
tweezers at hand.
I only have one set of Super Record pedals purchased by accident with a bike so fitted.
upon taking them apart noted that one pedal was short 2 bearings. Must have frustrated a mechanic prior.
this set up speeds any Campagnolo pedal assembly but the regular pedals are so much easier.
the bike so fitted, provisional assembly.
Thanks for the tip!! I have 3 sets , as I said , and a few sets of the steel spindle pedals. It has been a while since I did a couple of the sets so I need to at least check them. I did the set in the pic just before Eroica for my Colnago as I had just bought them and they didn't feel very smooth even though I could see grease on the outboard side. The other two sets are butter smooth and taking the dust cap off shows nice grease but I dunno , I didn't do them so..... I will make a fixture as you did.The first set of them came to me as a gift from a guy who needed his '73 Paramount assembled and HATES traps and straps so he took the Sweet Campy pedals (still in bubble wrap) and handed them to me. I had no idea that they were Ti until a few months later when I decided to put them on one of my bikes and removed the Japanese copy cat pedals and unwrapped the Campy one and....Holy Cow these things are light! The magnet solved the mystery . Joe