Any recommendations for a pedal wrench?

[Jonny69]

Hi folks, I need a pedal wrench. A tonky one. Any recommendations?

Is the Park PW-5 up to the job or do I need to splash out $$$kerching on the PW-4? Not keen on Icetoolz. Any experience of the Super B range?

 

[gazelleboy]

I have a great one made by Pedros was about £15 but well worth the money for the piece of mind of not losing your knuckles on the chainring.

 

[Retro1702]

I found the cheaper Park tool tricky to get to work, but that might have been more due to a combination of my mechanical ineptitude and a pedal that hadn't been removed for a very long time!

If I was buying another pedal wrench, I'd more than likely go for the Pedros one.

 

[Jonny69]

Got a link to which one it is?

How come you don't grate your knuckles? Or is it just because the wrench is long enough to clear the chain ring? The Park PW-5 looks long enough. I'm just worried about it being thick enough and not mangling up like my Halfords Pro spanner did.

You can probably tell I'm not impressed with Halfords Pro spanners...

 

[mattsccm]

Just get a decent 15mm spanner. Like allen keys, a pedal spanner is a clever attempt to sell us something we don't need cycle specific. Want a long one? Buy a long one. Avoid the local market. Although the amount of force needed to shft any pedal that hasn't been neglected is such that almost anything will do. If in doubt add a big bit of pipe

 

[Jonny69]

Like I said, it's mangled a Halfords Pro spanner, so I think it needs something which is black steel (i.e. a lot harder) with more support round the head to stop it opening up. It's rare that something beats my toolkit, but it's happened this time.

 

[mattsccm]

if you spanner is a real good one then maybe you need to consider alternatives as well as by the sound of it the pedal is siezed in the crank. Many pedal spanners are rather narrow, look for something thats only just goes in between the pedla and the crank.

 

[fiks]

Surely everyone's got the pedal/BB fixed cup combo spanner?

It does have its use; it's much longer than a normal spanner and it has a narrow opening to fit on a pedal.

It does sound like it's seized and/or overtightened.

 

[bm0p700f]

I use the Park tools pedal spanner (I forget which one but the shop kind with the fixed cup tool). It never failed (yet) to shift negleted pedals.

 

[bm0p700f]

Plus gas may help.