The hole is really small and I drilled it into on of the indentations in the dust cap. The first time I did this, I did not reseal the hole. The grease acts as its own seal. The second time, I placed some bees wax in the indentation, though I do not think it is really necessary.
Jay On Thursday, July 19, 2012 8:54:14 AM UTC-4, Shifty wrote: > > That's great idea Jay but how do you seal up the hole after you're done? I > used some old ski p-tex (sp?) to seal up the holes in mine but wonder if > our hot summer is melting it away. > > On Thursday, July 19, 2012 4:22:25 AM UTC-5, Jay LePree wrote: >> >> Hi Rex: >> >> I had trouble removing the gray plastic dust cap on my pedals. I just >> drilled a tiny hole in the dust cap and use it as a port to squirt in >> grease with a grease gun. I squirt until I see clean grease coming out on >> the crank side. I do this about once a year or so. It works well. >> >> Jay, >> Demarest, NJ >> >> On Wednesday, July 18, 2012 7:01:38 PM UTC-4, Rex Kerr wrote: >>> >>> Well documented clicking? On my ride home yesterday (after writing the >>> original post in this thread) I started hearing a clicking. Wasn't sure if >>> it was my seatpost/saddle interface (since I'd recently moved the saddle) >>> or the pedal, but was fairly sure it was the pedal. Ugh... < 20 miles to >>> clicking. >>> >>> Are they loose bearings? How hard was it to remove the spindle? >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Shifty <1upand1d...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Also, I repacked mine after about 500 miles upon acquiring the well >>>> documented MKS clicking. On removal, sure enough there's a mere dab of >>>> factory lubrication so I drown the tiny little bearings in Rock 'n Roll >>>> Super Web grease. Now they spin like a pedal worth 5 times the price. >>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/ALRFyWd26lQJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
