I have posted a little here and there over the last few months and read as much as I can while putting together my first conversion. (Pics to come when done.) Thanks for all the information so far.

I am just at the stage of putting pedal to crank and am a little stumped by the tightness/resistance of the thread.

I have searched here and read sheldons section on pedals and it sees this should work okay.

I have old (80's) campy strada cranks with 9/16 x 20F on the thread, and Kyokuto Top-Run pedals which read 7x7 or 7xZ which doesn't seem to relate to anything I can find.

My question is that the greased pedal screws in a few turns and then becomes fairly tight but still has a fair way to go. Should I keep with the pressure and force or will this stuff up the threads?

Any information would be great.

Thanks.

Joel.