Pedals wrong way round.

[billwarwick]

I just put some new pedals on Bosch gen 4 and the pedals are the wrong way round . That is L pedal only fits on the right side and vice versa. The crank arms have never been taken off so does that mean that the bike was built like this? I never noticed this before. I tightened them up well but one still came loose. Never had a problem with the old pedals.Can the cranks just be swapped round and do I need a special puller? I’m a bit confused . Can I tighten the pedals up enough to keep them on even if they are on the wrong side ?

 

[Bndit]

Only logical explanation is that your new pedals are just marked wrong….

 

[Weeksy]

Only logical explanation is that your new pedals are just marked wrong….

or the crank arms are the wrong side ? is that possible with an Eeb ?

 

[billwarwick]

Just looked at cranks and the one that is chain side is marked 170L and the other one is marked 170R ?

 

[Weeksy]

and there's the answer then

 

[billwarwick]

and there's the answer then

But how is that possible? I’ve had the bike from brand new and the left side crank has definitely never been taken off

 

[Weeksy]

The simple answer is... you can clearly fit the wrong side cranks on the wrong side... at the factory. Someone fucked up.

Obviously with a MTB crank you've got a spindle on one side and a chain ring on the other. With an eeb you've got 2 spindles... if they're exactly the same, then they can be fitted incorrectly. Someone did that, then fitted the pedals... which almost defies belief as that must be what they do 100 times a day in the factory lol.

 

[billwarwick]

The simple answer is... you can clearly fit the wrong side cranks on the wrong side... at the factory. Someone fucked up.

Obviously with a MTB crank you've got a spindle on one side and a chain ring on the other. With an eeb you've got 2 spindles... if they're exactly the same, then they can be fitted incorrectly. Someone did that, then fitted the pedals... which almost defies belief as that must be what they do 100 times a day in the factory lol.

I assume an LBS would be able to rectify as they would have the correct tools? I can’t believe that the pedals didn’t come loose until I put new ones on.

 

[Weeksy]

I assume an LBS would be able to rectify as they would have the correct tools? I can’t believe that the pedals didn’t come loose until I put new ones on.

Yeah assuming you bought from them i'd be taking it in with a puzzled look of "wtf fellas" and seeing what they say. It's a 5 min job.

 

[billwarwick]

Yeah assuming you bought from them i'd be taking it in with a puzzled look of "wtf fellas" and seeing what they say. It's a 5 min job.

I bought it 100 miles away during Covid so won’t be going back there. I can get someone local to do it . Thanks for your helpful comments,

 

[Darren66]

I bought it 100 miles away during Covid so won’t be going back there. I can get someone local to do it . Thanks for your helpful comments,

Get yourself a crank removal tool and save yourself £20 labour at the LBS