Things went a little too fast, was talking hunting and dogs with the repairman while he was installing the pedals on a brand new bike and one of them went in wrong without him noticing. Went for my first ride and was 7 miles from my house when I heard a little pop and then the wobble started. Fun walk all the way back home. Fortunately the shop was super cool with it, we chuckled a bit over the obvious fuckup and luckily they had another Instinct A50 they took the crank arm off of and put it in mine. Pedal threads were fine, but it’s always interesting to see just how quickly you can marr the aluminum threads. A reminder to give everything a quick look before you set off.
by h410G3n
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I had a shop do this then they tried to blame me, they also lost my display for my e-bike and blamed me as well. Needless to say I won’t be going back! Sorry OP
They can heli coil but I’d recommend a new crank arm
Join the “my LBS fucked up my bike” club.
Always nice to see a good example of customer service. Especially when they can easily get parts replaced by either warranty or insurance.
That might not be the mechanic fucking up… I had one crank arm dent at the edge of the face where the threads are, with no sign of thread stripping. Switched to a new spare crankset, pedal did the same thing to the new crank and then walked itself out of the crank
Switched to a new crank and pedals and added a spindle washer. I can still lose some torque on the pedal spindle from 40 nm to 7 or 8nm… but it works.
i have never had this happen with steel cranks or pedal inserts. Damaging a crank from riding is not impossible…
What a shame.
Went in wrong without noticing? No chance they didn’t notice. Probably just force fucked it in after they fucked up the first couple of threads.
You have to force the pedal in to do that. It ain’t easy
That’s why this exists: [https://www.mysafetysign.com/safety-signs/hazard-talk-to-operator-sign/saf-sku-s-2641](https://www.mysafetysign.com/safety-signs/hazard-talk-to-operator-sign/saf-sku-s-2641)
Because of an oopsie like that, i’ve learn bike mechanic so i never put my bike on other hands.
It’s been repair heaven since then.
Not that this is your fault OP but talking to people while they work kinda sucks for the person doing the work and is definitely distracting. Better results if they can get in the zone and do their work.
Even something small like pedals.
Thanks for the downvote OP 😉
reverse thread❌
regerts thread✅
Why I rarely take my bike to a shop. Last time they stripped something in my fork and all the oil leaked out in my garage. They did replace but it took months of back and forth.
How do you like those Funn pedals?