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    Bicycle help!!

    Hello everyone, I hope you are all well :)

    The mrs bought me an ebike last month which I stupidly built myself! Seems I put the peddles on the wrong way round and the peddle screw has ruined the threads in the crank arm :(

    I’ve bought a few crank extractors but the screws are too wide by a few mm!

    Can anyone help and point me to a link for the correct crank extractor tool and also to the correct replacement crank arm.

    The bike is a cube reaction- a few pics below that may help.

    Thank you, it’s driving me mad so any help would be much appreciated.

    Cheers,

    Alex




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    Do you mean you put the pedals on the wrong sides in the crank arms? I.e.have mashed the threads of pedal spindles and the cranks? Or do you mean you have reversed the cranks on the crank spindles?
    Last edited by Montello; 11th May 2021 at 08:52.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Montello View Post
    Do you mean you put the pedals on the wrong sides in the crank arms? I.e.have mashed the threads of pedal spindles and the cranks? Or do you mean you have reversed the cranks on the crank spindles?
    Sorry I wasn’t clear :)

    Pedals on the wrong sides and mashed the threads on the crank arm thread. Only on one side :)

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    If you put the pedals on the wrong sides in all honesty I'd take it to a bike shop!

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    The model number would help for suggesting a replacement crank...looking at the Cube site, there are about 20 variants of the Reaction.

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    Are pedal bolts reverse threaded?
    Cheers..
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    Quote Originally Posted by alexaff View Post
    Sorry I wasn’t clear :)

    Pedals on the wrong sides and mashed the threads on the crank arm thread. Only on one side :)
    So you have reversed the pedals destroying the threads and also cross threaded a crank arm bolt?

    Take it to a shop and get your credit card handy ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by JasonM View Post
    Are pedal bolts reverse threaded?
    The left pedal has a LH thread the right is normal. I’m amazed it’s possible to get them wrong.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Montello View Post
    So you have reversed the pedals destroying the threads and also cross threaded a crank arm bolt?

    Take it to a shop and get your credit card handy ...
    I think he's just destroyed the pedal threads but can't get the crank arm off to replace it...hopefully. Mind you, might come to the same thing if the crankset has to be bought as a job lot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bondurant View Post
    I think he's just destroyed the pedal threads but can't get the crank arm off to replace it...hopefully. Mind you, might come to the same thing if the crankset has to be bought as a job lot.
    Ah, ok. Going to need a new crankset and pedals.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bondurant View Post
    I think he's just destroyed the pedal threads but can't get the crank arm off to replace it...hopefully. Mind you, might come to the same thing if the crankset has to be bought as a job lot.
    This^

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    Quote Originally Posted by Montello View Post
    Ah, ok. Going to need a new crankset and pedals.
    Pedals are fine- just a crank arm is needed as I mentioned in the OP.

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    What model number of Cube Reaction is it Alex?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bondurant View Post
    What model number of Cube Reaction is it Alex?
    The Mrs is just going through her emails to get the model ref :)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bondurant View Post
    What model number of Cube Reaction is it Alex?
    It's a Cube Reaction Hybrid Performance 500 E bike 2021 model 43310117.

    Thanks,

    Alex

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    Hi Alex

    If it's this one: https://www.cube.eu/en/2021/e-bikes/...iridiumngreen/

    ...then it uses the ACID E-Crank, 38T. Which looks like it can be bought here: https://www.bike-discount.de/en/buy/...ank-set-906913

    And in terms of a crank puller, the crank is an ISIS type, so this should do the job: https://www.parktool.com/product/uni...d-cranks-cwp-7

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bondurant View Post
    Hi Alex

    If it's this one: https://www.cube.eu/en/2021/e-bikes/...iridiumngreen/

    ...then it uses the ACID E-Crank, 38T. Which looks like it can be bought here: https://www.bike-discount.de/en/buy/...ank-set-906913

    And in terms of a crank puller, the crank is an ISIS type, so this should do the job: https://www.parktool.com/product/uni...d-cranks-cwp-7
    Thank you very much :) Appreciate your time :)

    Alex

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    Just saw that the link I posted didn't have any stock. These should fit (ISIS drive / Bosch compatible) but maybe worth checking with the store before buying:
    https://www.tredz.co.uk/.XLC-Bosch-E...oCxZsQAvD_BwE#

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    If you post your rough location Alex I'm sure someone could help/have a look? I'm in the Midlands and fettle bikes all the time (got a Cube ebike myself) I'm sure there will be someone near you wouldn't mine helping out.

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    I’m amazed they still fit 15 year old technology isis cranks/bb!?
    They were a design failure and hollow tech II/GXP/external soon replaced them on new bikes.
    I have killed one after a day on the mtb, always had one in the spares box ready to fit.

    When you get the crank puller check you don’t need a thing that looks like a top hat that pushes on the bb axle as you wind in the tool. This stops you driving the extractor into the axle threads. I have seen this done by accident...

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    This is learningtofly level incompetence, respect!

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    Quote Originally Posted by alexaff View Post
    This^

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    Pedals are fine- just a crank arm is needed as I mentioned in the OP.
    Are you saying the pedal thread is fine even though they have been in the wrong cranks?

    If so I am surprised but I guess the crank must be a lot softer than the pedal spindles.

    Result if they survived.

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    Pedal axles will be steel, the cranks alloy.

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    Pedals on finger tight and a 1/4 turn
    RIAC

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    Before buying any replacement parts it’d be worth popping into your local bike shop to see if something as simple as running a tap through the crank arm would work .

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    Damaged crank pedal thread is a relatively common issue. A good bike shop should have tools to fit a threaded insert (similar to a helicoil/timesert type repair) which will rectify it.

    https://www.parktool.com/blog/repair...-kit-procedure

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    Quote Originally Posted by spanner monkey View Post
    Before buying any replacement parts it’d be worth popping into your local bike shop to see if something as simple as running a tap through the crank arm would work .

    I'd try this first... a pedal tap isn't expensive and you can get them individually (as mentioned left and rights are threaded in opposite directions).

    Pedal Tap

    Run it through the crank from the back where (presumably) the threads will still be intact with plenty of grease / oil and see if you can straighten out the damaged ones.

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