Originally Posted by kcorfognik

Have you tried dismantling the pedal?

It could just be that a bit of grit has found its way into the pedal - this happened to me. Removed the grit, another dab of lithium grease, reassembled and as good as new.

If a ball bearing has crumbled, just a buy a new set of ball bearings, replace and reassemble with some lithium grease - seems a waste to throwaway a pair of pedals just because of the failiure of one ball? It's not difficult to do, just need to undo a couple of nuts and fiddle with some washers

R