Seized Pedal!

A week of stretching spanners, coming close to rounding the flats on the pedal and having the constant hump, cause I can't ride my bike properly! Am currently waiting for an overnight soaking of Plusgas, to see if it can work it's way in and free my pedal. Have done a lot of googling but has anyone got any extra tips?

are you actually turning the right direction????
if yes....go to your local bike shop and borrow their workshop pedal spanner which has like half a meter of leverage.........and pray.......

+1 LBS

I knacked a park tools pw5 pedal spanner trying to get a pedal off that the shop mechanic with some 2 foot long forged spanner nonchalantly removed using his pinky finger.

I've had a 1 meter pole on it so far, not budging yet, anyone had any joy with this prob by using heat to free the pedal. Unfortunately, I think the man upstairs is refusing to help as a result of the extreme profanities which accompany my failed efforts.

No offence intended, but I'll reiterate - are you turning it the right way ie. clockwise to loosen a left-side pedal...?

^ heh, ive been guilty on that before

Hit the spanner with a hammer.

Yes, it's hammer time.

blowtorch heat differential should break the seize. Use with care :-)

Bump, just a tip that worked for me recently. Spanner extension, oil, etc, was doing nothing to move it. So i used the heat technique, but using an easier/less dangerous method, which was pouring boiling water over the area for about a minute. Then two more pulls and it eased out!