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toonarmy
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gear pedal

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just checking my bike notice a lot of play on the gear pedal /arm its on a large pivot bold is it normally the arm that wears guessing it is as its a softer looking metal ? cheers in advance
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lloydie
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mines the same over £40 to replace the lever and bolt
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toonarmy
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yes just ordered them but on back order so have to wait
tony.mon
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Just take them to a local engineering workshop and ask them to press a phosphor-bronze sleeve in. It'll come to less than £40.
Or even a tough plastic, but that would wear fairly quickly.
It's not falling off, it's an upgrade opportunity.
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