Shimano SPD Pedal Overhaul - Clean/Lube/Install New Bearings 

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I disassembled my pedals and forgot how to put all parts back. Your video helped. Thanks!

I managed to screw up and get all the 3/32" bearings everywhere. Using your video I quickly got it all sorted. Excellent and thank you. Very clear, very easy to follow.

RJ the Bike Guy: Thanks for this tutorial - I had the right pedal axle threads for the crank arm go bad on my Shimano PD A-600 SPD / Road pedals and looked long and far for a replacement without luck. (Shimano has since replaced these pedals with a cheaper version.) After watching this video, I disassembled an old pair of MTB pedals and found that axle and other internal guts were interchangeable except the plastic 16 nub thingy but since I re-used my aluminum sleeve w/ hex nut it was not a problem. Now I'm up and pedaling again, no money expended, a great learning experience - keep up the good work.

Very helpful video, good pace and explanation. Two XT pedals now rebuilt with new bearings, super smooth and no play. Thank you 👍

Thanks! Just finished a 4 day ride on the GAP. Towards the end I noticed my right pedal needing attention. And since I work in a bike shop I snuck up today and grabbed the bearings!!

This was an excellent video. It showed exactly what to do in a concise yet detailed way.

best bike repair videos on youtube! thanks again

Another excellent video RJ. I have found your videos extremely useful in helping me in my bike maintenance and repair activities. Thank you

Thanks for the video. I didn't have the grey plastic tool but found that a Stilson Wrench from my plumbing toolkit worked just fine.

Thank you for the video. I just did the exact same service following your instructions!!

Thanks. Just did this job. I reused the bearings. I did most of the reassembly in the magnetic parts bowl so no bearings escape.

You just save me !! I had torn appert everything as usual and was confused putting everything back ! 😂

Great breakdown of setting bearing tension.

Thanks, I needed to know how many bearings went on the upper/lower, inner/outer sections perfect video.

Excellent video. Just what I needed.

Thanks!!! I couldn't have assembly the ball bearings without your instructions

So far the best tutorial for servicing shimano pedals.

Very helpful, thanks for posting!

Really helpful tutorial. Thanks

I’ve had 3 pairs of M520s that I’ve thrown away and replaced and wasted money thinking I couldn’t rebuild them. I could have bought a pair of XTs for how many sets I’ve bought through the years and am considering buying some right now BUT, I’m gonna try to rebuild my existing M520s before I do that. Thanks for the great tutorial! I already ordered the pedal tool.

Awesome, thanks for sharing! Great explanation and still relevant 8y later! Cheers

This is what i needed! My pedals started creaking at every hard pedal stroke, so i think they have to be overhauled. Thank you very much for the explanation ;)

Super video ! 👍

Thanks for the video. My Shimano pd-m520 pedals on my road bike feel a bit funky (think the bearings are gone) and now I how to overhaul them properly. Better then buying new ones as they scuff immediately. By the way, no one sees how scuffed up your pedals are when you're riding. Great info. Thanks again.

Brilliant vid i have the same pedals this is a big help

massive help!

Thank you, very helpful video

good for brushing up on forgotten skills

Nice work

Great video thanks. With your help I just serviced my m520's after my lbs mechanic said they cannot be serviced. They are good as new now.

Hello RJ, my master, I didn't have to use vise, instead, used my foot~ almost tightening the bearings feels really good like new~

I just had a clicking sound on my right peddle on my Damone and that had to take my peddle apart and clean it. I found this video to see exactly how hard it was.. I wish I would have done it myself now.. lol but good video I learned a lot..

great vid

Thanks for the great video. I purchased new Axles and the ball bearing had me stumped until I watched this!

Great video interesting

Worked like dream but my old XT pedals had total 20 bearings in there

Thank you

Thanks 👍

Thank you very much

Thanks! This is correct for the PDA600's also, but they do not require the stupid plastic tool :)

Awesome video. I have a bunch of PD-A520;s, and I assume they are the same spindle style? One of my sets was loose at the spindle when I bought them(used) and I will now crack it open and replace the bearings and set the tension on them. Thanks!

Muy buena explicación. Excelent

THANK YOU AND GOD I BOUGHT A RB SHIMANO PEDALS CLEATS PEDAL ACTUALLY AND IT HAS AN ISSUE THE HEARING IS OR THE WHOLE BEARING LIKE THE SPINDLE I THINK IS WIGLING LIKE CRAZY SO I BOUGHT EM A TRIED TO FIX EM AND VUWALA IT WAS FIX TRIED IT. AND YEAH THXXXXXXXX U DONT KNOW HOW HAPPY I AM

thanks for your help i have a pedal slack... maybe the nut are not well tight :)

Great video, it really helped me with an old pair of Shimano PD-1056 pedals. By the way, do you know if it's possible to completely disassemble the cleat system? I have this old pair and the paint is damaged. I would like to sandblasting the aluminium body, but apparently the axle for the cleat system was introduced without intension of being ever removed... Greatings from Germany.

the best way to adjust cup& cone type bearings is to start off with some play,and tighten in small increments until there is JUST no play. because there can be play in the threads, it's important to check for play when the lock nuts are tightened onto the cones.

thank you

cool!

Can you do a road bikes pedal next ?

Great item very Portable and easy to clean.

Lembra bastante meu começo kkkkk

Thanks for the video. It looks like the same instruction goes for any SPDs (except that more expensive have a 17mm nut instead of that proprietary plastic one). Even SPD-SL (road variant) has basically the same axle assembly. BTW, can you do a video on overhauling (or disassembly) of the clipping mechanism?

Hi, thanks for the video! Do you have any suggestion for my problem? On my SPD-SL Ultegra R8000 i wanted to regrease them, because they were spinning too freely. Left pedal was fine, change the grease.. works great. The right pedal when the spindle is out it spins absolutely free without any rough feel, but when I screw the axle in so it is almost at the end, the spindle starts to turn very rough and hard. It feels like something in the pedal body is blocking the spindle to turn smoothly. I cleaned the body about 1000times, tried more grease, less grease but nothing changes. Do you think, that the body could be damaged when using too much grease? It happened at some point, when I was pushing the old grease out with screwing the axle in.. I´ve never seen anything like this, did many pedals in the past with this method and all works fine. Thanks in advance!

hello is the same size ball bearing 3/32 inside pedale shimano 9000 ? is there differehte quality on bal bearing?

Will 3mm bearing will be the same for 3/32" ???

Hello, RJ. Thanks for posting this helpful overhaul. What grease do you use or recommend for this type of application?

Rj The Bike Guy can i ask what is the size of the ball bearing?

My bearings are in good shape, but they somehow got magnetized! Now trying to get them assembled is like an Abbott and Costello routine with me playing both parts. 😅 Aside from getting new bearings, do you have any suggestions?

Should the plastic piece be able to move a bit along the spindle shaft? I couldn't get mine together without it having that little bit of movement, so figured I had it wrong. But no amount of tightening down on the bearings will eliminate it. So I took the spindle out of the body of my other pedal which I have not done anything to yet, and that plastic bit moves back and forth along the spindle also. The movement is along the spindle shaft, not a back and forth rocking.

I managed to disassemble the pedal cartridge and i found out that the bearing balls are crushed and it ate the cone and the nylon bushing inside so I just replaced with another sealed bearing pedal axle cartridge from another pedal but thanks to this video I found out about it too bad the cartridge is shot tho.

When you took it apart I noticed hairs in the top bearings. In my experience this causes roughness/notchyness in the pedal. HTH

without the right tools and a vice this job is next to impossible

Hello everyone. I tried this on my pedals Shimano XTR M9000, and although fit, there is a small play in one of them. I think it's because of a small break in one of the race of the bearings. Very useful video

Why so much difference in grease amount before and after? Is it ok?

What is the name of the screw? To unscrew the cleats pedal

Where to buy overhaul Parts ? Please ?

Very useful video, thanks! The process is very straightforward, however I am running into some issues during reassembly. I am servicing Shimano PD-6800 pedals and have cleaned and regreased them. Have adjusted the bearings in the vise and they feel perfect, run smoothly and no movement. However, when I reassemble the pedal unit, somehow there is some pressure being created on the bearings, so they become very stiff and can hardly turn. I have tried backing-off the pressure on the cones, but then when I reassemble the pedals, there is movement in the axle, so obviously its too loose. Any ideas what the cause of this may be?

what size are the ball bearings?

After the spindle with the bearings and races is removed from the cage, it seems to me that it would be easy to soak it in kerosene or alcohol for a while to clean out all of the old grit and grease. Soak, shake, empty, repeat, dry and then reassemble with grease. Maybe that is overkill but it would be easy to do.

did this on a spyral pedal, with SPD on one side. I found a broken washer (??) inside, between the two bearings inside its housing. Could barely remove it. Hope the squeeking noise goes away, but it seems that my crankarm is giving up on me :S :-(

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Great video nice to know you can repair your pedal didn't even know that was an option Thanks for that anyway :) Am what's the name of the tool you used to spin out the axle, I have a set of mtb pedals running fine but would prefer to have the right tools for the day come's to sorting that out :)

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Great video RJ! Do you know how to disassembly when the plastic part is broken? My spd pedal has broken the plastic teeth where the key pd40 seat.

Any video on how to clean the cleat cage on such spd pedals that went rusting from winter roads full of salt? Its small problem, wont affect performance, just looks bad.

Hi RJ, despite your excellent video (that I watched after I broke my pedal) I have managed to sheer off the plastic sleeve. Do you know a way to remove it from the pedal now that I turns both ways by hand? I have found somewhere that sells new plastic sleeves but can't work out how to disassemble the pedal. Any thoughts?

All perfect.. I do believe Shimano suggest less grease than you applied.. The excess ejected shows the amount you overdid it... For the price of bearings and the time and effort needed I would suggest changing bearings at the same time as these demount servicing..

what is the size of the bearing

RJ When you say marine grease do you mean the stuff they sell in auto stores for boat trailer wheel bearings? There may be parts of the country where marine stuff is hard to come by.The boat trailer stuff is not supposed to wash away with water easily, Boat trailers are very hard on wheel bearing they are often driven for hundreds of miles and then dunked in water without being allowed to cool down so the grease for them is pretty durable stuff.

I just want to check again what size bearings to use..... It never fails I always loose one :)

RJ The Bike Guy watched your video, i am having trouble putting springs back in my pedals[tension spring] any idea

Hi. RJ, what is the size of the bearing?

Are there other tools we can use aside from the TL-PD40? I got a shimano 105 5700 pedal i want to regrease. We’re still on lockdown where i’m from and i can’t order one, bike shops are still closed and only essential items are allowed for delivery.

1 of my pedals ended up being almost completely perfect, the second one though I can still feel a bit of play (not much though). Not sure if I should try and redo it or may it be caused by worn out gasket because that's that plastic collar that moves. Pedals are really old, 9 years I think, but on the other hand I ride rarely the last 3-4 years, only maybe 1000km every year.

I my case, after servicing shimano Ultegra pedals, after I put axle back to pedal, one of the pedals doesn´t spin smooth anymore, I set up bearings well, this is not problem. Any ideas, why did it happen ?

Hi just wondering where you buy replacement ball bearings and cones? I have some shimano spin bike clip/clipless combo pedals for spin bikes needing new bearings. I service spin bikes all the time and it seems wasteful to throw otherwise good pedals in the garbage....I have no idea where to find part numbers or parts for these...google search did not turn up any good results....

how about servicing shimano m505 pedals?

My left pedal (Shimano XTR TRAIL)doesn't have the 8mm jam nut, but the right pedal does. Is this normal?

Can you disassemble the pedal with the pd-40 tool? Can you use the round end of a regular wrench?

Really struggling getting the spindle back into the pedal. I can thread the silver plastic sleeve into the pedal body very easily, but once I assemble everything, it is very difficult and the pedal does not spin at all. I am at a loss as to what step I missed.

My left pedal is cracking when im pedaling (i changed botom bracket bearings, its not from it). Its new (not much more than 70km)... Do you think that doing what you did here would fix it ?

Would this work for m980 pedals?

Hello anyone knows where can I buy the bearings?

Sir what is the size of ball bearing?

What size bearings are used if new are needed?

At 5:50 you hit on the key to these pedals: plastic. It just so happens that the big plastic part there is also a load bearing piece. It's absolutely shameful that these were built this way. It's an otherwise pretty decent design and I have to imagine that the corners were cut for sheer expense. Good video and pretty good instructions. But I honestly have no idea how anyone could get to the point of rebuilding these before the plastic parts wear out. I have had two sets of these (my mistake) and in both cases the big plastic part wears so severely that it just grinds on the shaft of the pedal. *And*, that big plastic part is what holds the whole shaft into the pedal casing. It's really shoddy and truly shameful. Another 12 cents and they could have made that part aluminum or another alloy. And for another buck or two those could be sealed cased bearings. I was stunned when I took these apart the first time to find just how poorly they are made.

Where i can buy that special tools

could i do this with my m520's?

Size po ng bearing?