Wahoo Speedplay Zero spindle swap

[SystmSix]

This thread is very interesting since I bought the Nanos as a set and forget never thinking I could swap the plates... Now I am watching closely to see if the ti plates cause issues for anyone.....

[StiffWeenies]

I'm not sure who supplies Dulight but I think S-PARTS did a really good job with their Ti mods for the old Speedplay, not sure if they'll ever come out with a kit for the new Speedplay though

[Tracerboy]

Any link to buy those S-PARTS for Speedplay pedals

[Hexsense]

Since I don't see it mentioned in this thread,
just to be sure before I ruin a pedal,
both side bolt loosen in a normal way, right?
Are there any reverse thread bolt?

[Dat]

Since I don't see it mentioned in this thread,
just to be sure before I ruin a pedal,
both side bolt loosen in a normal way, right?
Are there any reverse thread bolt?

No, just the spindle is reverse threaded.

[ms6073]

Since I don't see it mentioned in this thread, just to be sure before I ruin a pedal,

Wahoo uses industrial strenth red threadlock compound and either alloy or sub par steel retension bolts. I strongly urge you to first use a heat gun or if nothing else suitable, hold the spindle over the flame of a candle so as to heat the spindles to adequately soften the thread lock compond. Failure to do so most likely will result in snapping the head of one or both retention bolts (been there, done that) and because the access hole is to small to remove the broken bolt head, you would have to drill out the hole in order to replace the bolt (again, been there, done that) !

[kode54]

A good quality 3mm hex wrench is required. Do not use a ball ended version as that will not adequately remove the bolt and May round it and make removal impossible.

I give it a strong/sharp twist and comes right off. Have done it on 4 sets of pedals with no issue.

[Dat]

A soldering iron works well.

[ms6073]

I give it a strong/sharp twist and comes right off. Have done it on 4 sets of pedals with no issue.

Although I have only had issues with the left pedal spindle, it happened on two sets of pedals and in both cases, I gave the wrench a 'strong/sharp' twist and felt the bolt start to turn only to realize the head had fatigued then snapped - and no, I was not applying force in the wrong direction. The third time, I put the hex wrench in the vice and because my heat gun stopped working, opted to hold a candle underneath the spindle for a few seconds before using the hex wrench and the retaining bolt loosened without issue.

[Noetherson]

Has anyone had any success removing the bearings?

I have the same issue as many hear with the head of the axle retaining bolt having broken off (should have read this thread first!)

I'd really rather not drill out the hole to remove the bolt but can't seem to get the bearing out to remove it 'properly'.

I'm really annoyed at wahoo for making it so you cannot remove the bolt, the main reason I like speedplay is because the axle lengths can be changed!

[RDY]

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003883408389.html

Anyone tried these?

[Butcher]

A soldering iron works well.

This. Put the hot tip on the head of the bolt until its able to be unbolted. I cannot see any other way to keep the heat localized.

[ryanw]

I've had an iron on max heat for 2 minutes and still snapped a bolt on the dual sided pedals.

Have swapped 3 pairs of aero pedals without any issues...

[Butcher]

With enough heat, it will soften the locktite. If the screw was installed so tight that it 'locked' into place, then maybe it was destiny.

Soft locktite will not hold a bolt. Maybe it needed 4 minutes.

[ryanw]

Another swap today.

One pedal was fine after 3 minutes to break the bolt, the other took 5 mins.

210g > 170g.