Originally Posted by
europa
I pulled the pedals today, flipped the end cap off one of them. It actually look pretty well greased in there. Unfortunately, none of my sockets will fit in there to undo the locking nut (it's a fair way in) so I'm going to have to source some tube spanners - my lbs was shut for the Tour Down Under so I couldn't make an immediate enquiry. It looks like a pretty straight forward job though ... if you discount the chances of tipping about a thousand tiny ball bearings onto the shed floor.
Richard
Upon further thought, my comment about axle vises really should have been "nice_to_have". What you do need is something to hold the axle steady. You could do this with a pair of ViseGrips. Just something to give yourself a steady target. As I said before, make sure all of the little balls are greased up and put some grease on the axle shaft. Then - patiently - start placing the balls, one by one, on the axle shaft using tweezers or a decent pair of needle nose pliers. The grease should help them stick. Best luck ;-)