Pedal Arm Fell Off Bike

Also the left side is reverse thread so now you will need to replace the pedal and the crank arm since its stripped.

Pedal arm fell off bike.

If you don t know what type of crank you. Loosen the pedals by turning the right pedal counterclockwise and the left pedal clockwise. The first thing to do is to try and re tighten the crank arm on to the bottom bracket axle. Crank loose falls off if your crank arms flop with every pedal stroke or if you can wobble them from side to side fix them now before they become irreparable.

This video will direct you to the appropriate walk through for installing and removing the crankset on your bicycle. If you are using a smart wrench place the jaws on the nut located between the pedal and pedal arm. If your crank arm just keeps on falling off even after you ve asked your muscle building neighbour to tighten that nut as if his life depended on it there is one simple reason. Remove the pedal from the socket.

When the crank arm is loose and you pedal with it you damage the four corners of it s socket that rest in the axle.