On a ride with a friend his eggbeater candy pedel came off the shaft compleatly, was told they had NEVER had that happen before and sent him a rebuild kit for free. Then talking to a bike shop guy he said he had the EXACT same thing happen to him. My friend and the shop guy both switched to time peddels. I run SPD and have never had a problem other than on really muddy trails my clips can get cloged. Also according to my friend who switched from SPDs to eggbeaters to Times the eggbeaters had the most side to side play.