At the risk of sounding like the broken record: Looks 4x4 share the Egg Beater design but have 2 bearings.
This is not a recommendation, I have broken a spindle (by the threading, inside the crank, at the edge of the hex wrench hole!) in a crash.

yup, they sent new metal end caps along with the replacement bearings.
and a sticker.

I didn't get the metal end caps, but I did get the rebuild kit. It was only a few days after I emailed them that it arrived, and they actually shipped US Post instead of UPS or FedEx as I've had other online people do... I had them built back up at my LBS today before work, and they seem to be put together fine (not on a bike yet, so we'll see how they hold up...)

Some thoughts on the rebuild kit:

1) There was a little washer that needed to go between the bearing and the spindle that wasn't in the kit. It's super tiny, and it's kind of amazing the wrench actually found it. He thought it was part of the bearing that disintigrated and didn't put it in the first time.

2) On the inner side of the pedal, there are two rubber stops. One goes inside of the pedal and is white plastic, and is completely inside of the pedal. The other is black and extends from the clip/spring/whatever part over the top of the spindle. I think that it's there to keep stuff from getting in like rain and road grit and whatever. That wasn't in the rebuild kit either, and it also wasn't on the clip part of the pedal. I don't know if it's really needed or not, but it would have been nice to have. The one that I still have on the left pedal comes out and is replaceable. Actually, it looks like it might even thread on.

I'm pretty sure that if I had of known that I needed these peices, and asked for them, then they probably would have been in the rebuild kit. Once I emailed CrankBros, they got back to me in just a couple of hours. Pretty amazing, seeing as how this was my email:

My options were to send them the pedals or rebuild them myself. I figured it was easier just to get the parts, but can't get UPS or FedEX at my house. I replied saying that, and didn't hear how they were going to ship... That had me a little worried, but I figured I'd give it a week or so before emailing again and asking what was up. The kit arrived during that week. I would have done the build myself, but looking through my tools, I didn't have an 8mm socket wrench. Bummer. Especially since the wrenches I know that typically treat me really good at the LBS weren't working, and I had to pay $15 for labor. Still, that's a good price to change an unusable set of pedals into a functioning set of pedals.

All in all, I'm pretty impressed with CrankBros right now. I think that a set of black Candys should be on my Christmas list now...

Anyways, thanks for reading.

Jeremy

Oh, and they didn't say anything about the 15mm option for the mallets - I really wish that that was there. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to get my right mallet off right now...

my eggbeaters havent failed, but they have taken the skin off my shins, fukrs

I really like the speedplays- they've had good life under my abuse. Also, they've got a grease port, so greasing them takes all of ~3 minutes. Just fill them up with new grease every couple of monts, and yer good to go.

What i really want is similar grease ports on all my grease-containing components.

I had the cartridge bearing in a Speedplay disintegrate on my fixed. My pedal felt weird but it kept spinning. I kept riding it until it fell off the axle. Then the cartride was just gone from the spindle grinding on it. I got a new cartridge and it worked fine.

Has anyone thought that maybe pedal strike isn't the best thing for these pedals? Pedal strike on a fixed gear is a very stressful thing. Maybe some pedals can't handle it?

I had a bit of play on mine. Took a close look at them, tightened the end cap with a dime, and they ahve been golden since. You do have to inspect your parts now adn then.