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Well, I've had my STP for two weeks now and I was riding around last night (love riding around late at night with the streets to myself) and a clicking sound started coming from my left pedal (or so I thought) every time I pushed down. I laughed at it, thinking "ha, those shitty pedals have died!" :D
Now I've just had a closer look at it, and to my horror it's the threaded insert that the pedal axle screws into has come loose and it lets the pedal flop around :eek: . Those shitty pedals have just won more respect than the hussefelts! After two weeks! Fixable maybe but surely warranty will cover it, yeah? What do I do? :confused: Can I ride, or is the whole pedal going to blow out and cause me damage?
-DAvo
24-06-2005, 11:14 AM
loctite is your friend!
just check whether the threads are ok in the crank, and if they are, fill that shit up with loctite and tighten the insert into the main crank body....
OR...
take it back to the lbs and tell them to deal with it, since your bike is still new..
good luck with it
-Davo
Those shitty pedals have just won more respect than the hussefelts! After two weeks! Fixable maybe but surely warranty will cover it, yeah? What do I do? :confused: Can I ride, or is the whole pedal going to blow out and cause me damage?
1) STOP riding now.
2) DO NOT try to remove the insert off the pedal with vicegrips or some other equally creative device.
3) get you dealer to call us. It is fixable, without a great deal of trouble. Yes, they will use locktite. But not the normal stuff. get them to call us and talk to Bear. We've repaired heaps of these.
4) worst case... it is a warrantable issue and can be dealt with. (replaced)
The downside:
We stop handling Truvativ on the 30th June (Sram want all their brands in the one building) and we are out of stock of a lot of gear now. If we are out of the specific modelthat you need replaced, then you will need to wait until the new distributor take over.
Monza will be handling Truvativ warranty from July 1st.
Elvis.
3)Yes, they will use locktite. But not the normal stuff680? That'll stop anything from turning.
680? That'll stop anything from turning.
thank you Rik. I couldn't remember the specific grade and didn't want to suggest the wrong one.
Elvis.
It's meant for cylindrical bonding, 'tis a good gap filler, and even though it's not really the right stuff, damn it makes for a strong thread locker. I used it to bond a fork together :eek:
Thanks all, I'll stop riding and get my bike to the dealer. There goes my weekend :( . Elvis, will the dealer send my cranks to Dirtworks (or whoever the distributor will be)? How long will it take roughly? I don't want to try doing it myself despite it seeming simple (and tempting), don't want to mess with warranty.
680? That'll stop anything from turning.
We even use it for steerer tubes too.
Thanks all, I'll stop riding and get my bike to the dealer. There goes my weekend :( . Elvis, will the dealer send my cranks to Dirt Works (or whoever the distributor will be)? How long will it take roughly? I don't want to try doing it myself despite it seeming simple (and tempting), don't want to mess with warranty.
Since today is the 25th. And we finish up next Thursday the 30th. I would suggest talking to your dealer first. Even if we were to receive it on Tuesday, (that's a lot of trust in Australia Post) the current proceedure requires that we refer all warranty enquiries to Truvativ/Sram via email. This can take (and has previously taken) up to a week to get an official go ahead.
I know this sucks, but this close to change over, I would get your dealer to wait until next Friday and contact Monza.
This was bound to happen to at least one person with the change-over.
Any warrantys that we still have in the building, that are outstanding (ie: no official word from Truvativ/Sram) on Friday the 1st, are to be freighted to Monza by us. That will add a couple of days to the processing.
Elvis.
cheese
25-06-2005, 09:26 AM
The same thing has hapened to me, and my mate. Im off the hussefelts now though :D .
My LBS used some sort of red glue to lock it in. Is this 680? He said it was usualy used to bond some part in engines.
bowzaa
26-06-2005, 10:34 AM
yeah i had a similar issue with the butterfelts (hussefelts :p ) i managed to snap the threaded insert that goes into the crank and the pedal screws into. it was a simple warrenty claim though, and i got given a new crank arm straight away and they replaced the stock with the warrentied arm :D
good luck with it though
fat_tyre_nick
26-06-2005, 04:07 PM
Yere, that has happened to me numerous occasions although i dont have hussefelt cranks.
What you do is:
1:Basicallly just take off the crank(s) better to do it with both of them to make it even.
2:Make sure the bottom bracket cups are tight by removing them, putting a small amount of grease on the thread and re-tightening them.
3:Next put another small amount of grease on BOTH of the tapers(i think there tapers) on the bb.
4:Re-attach cranks and make sure they are tight.
After all this you should be alright hope this has been of some use.
woops:o sorry didnt read the second paragraph.
wooley_89
26-06-2005, 04:10 PM
fat tyre nick, that has almost nothing to do with this, lol.
isnt he talking about the insert that the pedal goes into. not how the crank mounts on the bottom bracket? lol
fat_tyre_nick
26-06-2005, 04:12 PM
fat tyre nick, that has almost nothing to do with this, lol.
isnt he talking about the insert that the pedal goes into. not how the crank mounts on the bottom bracket? lol
yere sorry didnt read the second paragraph ......:o
wooley_89
26-06-2005, 04:16 PM
lol, its the thought that counts, lol :-P
Thanks for your help everyone! I'm gonna be bikeless for a while again :( . Took my bike to the shop again on Saturday, and the crank is screwed. The only Hussefelt cranks they had left on stock were 5mm shorter, DW is out of stock and Monza doesn't have any yet. I've fallen in the gap, so no riding for me.
Ryan Hotdog
27-06-2005, 06:15 PM
haha.. sorry dude not laughing at you but how hussefelts have claimed another unsuspecting person. That happenned on my mates p3...TWICE. Then it happened to me and another mate. Anyway my friends paid for it but i told the bike shop to go fist there grannys. i wasn't about 2 pay 4 it. 2 months of complaining and arguing later plus an email to dirtworks plus my dad cutting at the guys at my lbs and they agreed 2 pay for it... Stingey bastards gave me only 1 drive side crank (threaded one) so i had one 04 and one 02 crank. I'm not going to name names but lets (J)us(T)' (S)ay i wasn't happy.
My advice... keep fighting until they pay. You probably paid good money for that bike/cranks and it should not happen. Good luck!!
NCR600
27-06-2005, 10:10 PM
The same thing has hapened to me, and my mate. Im off the hussefelts now though :D .
My LBS used some sort of red glue to lock it in. Is this 680? He said it was usualy used to bond some part in engines.
680 is green. Comes in a red bottle though. Don't use 680 on screws if you ever want to get them out again!
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