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Am I the only one who stopped greasing pedal threads and started using anti seize instead
Three winters ago I was pulling cranks off a commuter bike and the drive side pedal would not budge. Steel spindle, aluminum crank, road salt for four months. I ended up drilling it out. Before that I used to slap plain grease on every pedal thread and call it done. Now I keep a little tube of anti seize in the bottom drawer and use it on anything that pairs steel with aluminum. Took me about 6 stuck pedals over 10 years to switch. A guy at the co op on Saturday asked why his pedals keep seizing and I showed him the tube. What are you all using on bottom bracket cups that live on winter bikes?
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charles_baker2818d ago
Man, I feel this in my bones. Six stuck pedals is a lot of learning the hard way but honestly that's how most of us figure this stuff out. For bottom bracket cups on a winter bike I use the same anti seize, the copper stuff, and I put it on the threads of the cup AND a thin smear on the face where it meets the shell. The big thing people miss is checking it every fall before the salt starts, because once that white crust sets in you're fighting it all spring. Also worth pulling the cups once a year even if they feel fine, just to clean and redo it, beats wrecking a frame over a ten dollar tube.
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