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Barnetts Manual 5th Ed 241

The document provides troubleshooting tips for issues that may occur with adjustable cone/cup pedals. It lists various symptoms that could happen and potential causes and solutions for each, such as a tight or rough feeling axle potentially being caused by too tight of an adjustment, misaligned dust caps, bent axles, or lack of grease.

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Barnetts Manual 5th Ed 241

The document provides troubleshooting tips for issues that may occur with adjustable cone/cup pedals. It lists various symptoms that could happen and potential causes and solutions for each, such as a tight or rough feeling axle potentially being caused by too tight of an adjustment, misaligned dust caps, bent axles, or lack of grease.

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Barnett's Manual 5th Edition—ISBN 0-931382-29-8—Copyright © 2003 by John Barnett—All duplication prohibited

14 – ADJUSTABLE-CONE/CUP PEDALS

ADJUSTABLE-CONE/CUP-PEDAL
TROUBLESHOOTING (table 14-2)
Cause Solution
SYMPTOM: The axle feels tight or rough when play is first eliminated.
Last adjustment was too many degrees. Try to find an in-between adjustment.
Mis-installed dustcap rubbing on axle. Observe whether dustcap turns true as the pedal
turns and reset if needed.
Bent axle causing a portion of the axle set to rub Inspect for bent axle and replace.
dustcap.
Dry grease. Disassemble, inspect, overhaul.
Cones and/or cups galled. Disassemble, inspect, replace parts.
Seal mechanism drag. Check that seal mechanisms are not incorrectly
positioned and/or lubricate seals.
Wrong size balls. Disassemble, measure balls.
SYMPTOM: Play cannot be eliminated without severely over-tightening the adjustment.
Cups and/or cones galled. Disassemble, inspect, and replace.
Loose cups in pedal body. Disassemble, inspect, and repair with appropriate
Loctite.
SYMPTOM: Properly adjusted bearings feel sluggish, but not rough, when rotating the axle.
Seal mechanism drag. Grease seal mechanisms.
Dry grease. Disassemble, inspect, overhaul.
Plastic dustcap rubbing. Align dustcap.
SYMPTOM: When adjusting or inspecting the pedal, an erratic looseness or tightness that comes and
goes and changes location is detected .
Too many balls in the cup(s), or a ball has dropped Disassemble and check ball quantity and for out-
into the pedal-body core. of-place ball(s).
SYMPTOM: When rotating the axle, a pattern of a consistent tight spot and a consistent loose spot is
detected.
Bent axle. Inspect for bent axle and replace.
Low-precision parts. None.
SYMPTOM: When inspecting the cone, a wear pattern is detected that is high on the cone profile on
one-half of the cone and is low on the cone profile 180° away.
Bent or broken axle. Inspect and replace.
SYMPTOM: When riding the bike, a clicking sound is heard from a pedal, but the axle feels normal
when inspected.
Loose parts in the pedal body Tighten cage bolts or other pedal-body hardware.
Loose or worn shoe cleat Inspect and secure or replace cleat.
SYMPTOM: When inspecting the cone, the wear pattern is very high or very low on the cone profile.
Wear life has probably been very short.
Wrong size balls. Measure balls.

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