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New Profiles...and They're CROOKED!
So I spent this morning helping a friend rebuild his wheel with his new Profile hub, and we get to the last step -- installing the pedals -- when to our dismay we see the pedal slanting off at a really odd angle. At first we wondered if the pedal axle was bent, but since it had been straight when we began, we examined things more closely and noticed that the crank was made incorrectly. The threaded sleeve (?) that the pedal screws into was welded onto the crank perpendicular to the crank shaft, and not parallel to the hub splines. So the pedal sticks out crooked. Ugh!! There went today's ride. Even worse, now we have to figure out how to get the darn crank off to change it. It forces on via a large nut, but the instructions aren't very clear on how to pull it (and of course, it doesn't have a neat self-extracting feature like the Onza). Anyone have any tips for taking these things off? First I've heard of defective Profiles. Hope this isn't the start of a trend! Jerry -- jpcycler - Always learning ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jpcycler's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/936 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/29506 |
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New Profiles...and They're CROOKED!
Ok, I tried to post a picture, but it didn't work. How do I add a pic? Jerry -- jpcycler - Always learning ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jpcycler's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/936 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/29506 |
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Ok, here's the picture. Thanks, Mango! [image: http://www.unicyclist.com/gallery/al...ile_crank_001] -- jpcycler - Always learning ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jpcycler's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/936 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/29506 |
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New Profiles...and They're CROOKED!
Very strange indeed! [image: http://www.unicyclist.com/gallery/al...001.sized.jpg] -- UniBrier - Its Time to Ride Steve DeKoekkoek - I've got a one track mind. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ UniBrier's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/1404 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/29506 |
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New Profiles...and They're CROOKED!
It looks like the pedal spindle is bent. Are they new pedals? Also make sure that you don't put the pedal on cross-threaded. If the pedal threads get cross-threaded you will damage the threads on the crank and ruin the crank. -- john_childs - Guinness Mojo john_childs (at) hotmail (dot) com Gallery: '' (http://www.unicyclist.com/gallery/john_childs) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ john_childs's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/449 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/29506 |
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Steve - thanks for posting the pic. Any idea what I did wrong? John - The pedal's straight, spindle and all, and not cross-threaded. When you look at it in person, you can see the portion of the crank that receives the pedal threads is welded in crooked. The guy must've been hungover that day. Is there any trick to removing the crank? Jerry -- jpcycler - Always learning ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jpcycler's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/936 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/29506 |
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New Profiles...and They're CROOKED!
jpcycler wrote: *Is there any trick to removing the crank?* You can use the Evercraft bearing puller that unicycle.com sells. Here is a thread with an attached picture showing how the bearing puller can be used to pull off the Profile cranks: 'removing Profile cranks' (http://tinyurl.com/3645) New Profile cranks fit very tight on the axle and will be difficult to remove. After the cranks have been used for a while the splines get looser and the crank will be easier to remove. After a while you'll be able to remove the cranks by hand without the use of the Evercraft bearing puller. Since you have a brand new crank it may be quite difficult to pull the crank off. -- john_childs - Guinness Mojo john_childs (at) hotmail (dot) com Gallery: '' (http://www.unicyclist.com/gallery/john_childs) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ john_childs's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/449 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/29506 |
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jerry- I'll pitch in half on the crank puller with steve. The performance guys couldnt get one of my cranks off and they still need to be rotated. -e -- mango - unity - as 1 stand together ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mango's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3892 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/29506 |
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New Profiles...and They're CROOKED!
jpcycler wrote: *Steve - thanks for posting the pic. Any idea what I did wrong? * See the 'Image Test' (http://tinyurl.com/27ex9) thread in the Test forum for instructions on how to display an inline picture linked to a gallery photo. The other option is to attach the photo to a forum post. I prefer adding pictures as an attachment to a forum post rather than using IMG tags. If you use the IMG tags you should make sure that the URL for the image doesn't change later or you will break the link in the forum. -- john_childs - Guinness Mojo john_childs (at) hotmail (dot) com Gallery: '' (http://www.unicyclist.com/gallery/john_childs) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ john_childs's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/449 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/29506 |
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Like John Childs thought, the photo makes it look like the pedal is the problem. I had a new set of Profile 145's with the same problem. It wasn't as obvious as your's just by looking at it but it sure was while riding. I called Profile, they exchanged them with no problem whatsoever. They even took care of the shipping. Just give them a call. - Frank -- Frank A. - off-road "Man's maturity: to have regained the seriousness that he had as a child at play." - FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE, Beyond Good and Evil ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Frank A.'s Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/1710 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/29506 |
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