MKS Next Touring Pedal Bearing Question

[Deacon Patrick]

Fixed gear single track riding my Quickbeam I managed to loosen the dust cover that doubles to adjust the bearings with a pedal strike on a rock. I snugged it up via an alan wrench and the pedal spins freely and everything seems fine. However, the MKS site says: "The dust seal cap also functions as the bearing adjuster. If you loosen the cap, it may cause play and premature wear." https://www.mkspedal.com/?q=en/product/node/331

Anything more/different I should do?

With abandon,

Patrick

[Ray]

That's really interesting. I don't think I've seen that before. If it were me, I think I would treat it just like setting the bearing load in a hub or bottom bracket and just tighten just to the sweet spot of no-play but spins freely.

[Benjamin L. Kelley]

But these use sealed cartridge bearings right?  What is to adjust other than holding them and the spindle in place? 

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[Deacon Patrick]

I think you've got the truth of it, Benjamin. The dust cover is tight plus a snug, and the bearings spin freely. The only "adjustment" the dust cover seems to do is loosening the macro bearing mechanisms so the pedal is loose.

Aye, Ray, I was bemused that I managed to hit a rock to unscrew the dust cap without bending the grip plates. The aluminum outter threads of the cap have a few scratches is all. I had no idea I was so finessed a rider. Sardonic grin, as finesse is a highly relative term when applied to anything I do.

With abandon,

Patrick

On Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at 12:34:53 PM UTC-6, Benjamin Kelley wrote:

But these use sealed cartridge bearings right?  What is to adjust other than holding them and the spindle in place? 

On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 1:31 PM Ray <rah...@g.clemson.edu> wrote:

That's really interesting. I don't think I've seen that before. If it were me, I think I would treat it just like setting the bearing load in a hub or bottom bracket and just tighten just to the sweet spot of no-play but spins freely.

On Tuesday, August 18, 2020 at 1:24:13 PM UTC-5 Deacon Patrick wrote:

Fixed gear single track riding my Quickbeam I managed to loosen the dust cover that doubles to adjust the bearings with a pedal strike on a rock. I snugged it up via an alan wrench and the pedal spins freely and everything seems fine. However, the MKS site says: "The dust seal cap also functions as the bearing adjuster. If you loosen the cap, it may cause play and premature wear." https://www.mkspedal.com/?q=en/product/node/331

Anything more/different I should do?

With abandon,

Patrick

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[Ray]

Finessed indeed. Next time see if you can do it with the cap off a bottle of beer

[Deacon Patrick]

A lot of prepubescent whisky would die in the various failed mounting and lid removal attempts. Still, that may be an idea whose time has come! Grin.

With abandon,

Patrick