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The annoying thing is that it is an XT SPD pedal, so there is no part for a pedal spanner, just an 8mm allen key on the inside.
I've tried heating it up, as suggested on Sheldon Brown, but to no avail.
Any suggestions?
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Any suggestions?
I had some good success with a bench vice. Clamp the pedal really hard, and then stick in a allen key socket connected to an extension bar, as if you were to try to take the pedal off. Give the back end of the extension bar a good few whacks with a hammer. I found the shock and vibration unbound the pedal.
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Put the allen key in a vice and lever the crank arm.
Muppetteer
Emyr
We don't know how sensitive you are. The change in Q factor is significant, but it's of the same order as switching from road to MTB.
I'd be surprised if a pedal was properly stuck in a crank that new unless it was either damaged or had been at the bottom of the ocean for a few months.