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Been looking into these, as Ive only heard good things on SDH about the deals on dealextreme

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/ha-iii-...ight-set-25149

Might take a few weeks to get to me, but I'm in no hurry

I dont have any personal experience, but i'v heard that the XM-L T6 is a better light.

I have a XM-L T6. They make an exellent helmet light. I.M.H.O. the beam pattern is way too focused to make a good barlight though.
 
gab344 said:
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Originally Posted by Supercow
Been looking into these, as Ive only heard good things on SDH about the deals on dealextreme

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/ha-iii-...ight-set-25149

Might take a few weeks to get to me, but I'm in no hurry

I dont have any personal experience, but i'v heard that the XM-L T6 is a better light.
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I have a XM-L T6. They make an excellent helmet light, but I.M.H.O. the beam pattern is way too focused to make a good bar-light though.
 
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Hmm how can I remove my pedal. The left handed threaded one won't come off.

Have tried plus gas, heating with blowtorch. Using a 1/2" breaker bar with an 8mm allen key bit on the end, just wants to round off as the allen in the pedal must be slightly oversized making it a looser fit.
 
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Berger said:
Hmm how can I remove my pedal. The left handed threaded one won't come off.

Have tried plus gas, heating with blowtorch. Using a 1/2" breaker bar with an 8mm allen key bit on the end, just wants to round off as the allen in the pedal must be slightly oversized making it a looser fit.
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You are turning it the right way, aren't you? ;)
 
Berger said:
Hmm how can I remove my pedal. The left handed threaded one won't come off.

Have tried plus gas, heating with blowtorch. Using a 1/2" breaker bar with an 8mm allen key bit on the end, just wants to round off as the allen in the pedal must be slightly oversized making it a looser fit.
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If you're turning from inside of the crank, are you trying to turn clockwise or anti-clockwise?
 
Hamster said:
If you're turning from inside of the crank, are you trying to turn clockwise or anti-clockwise?
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Turning from the inside of the crank clockwise using a decent Halfords Pro allen attached to a decent sized breaker bar, so not struggling for effort.

The pedals are Shimano M540's.

Thinking to clamp the crank in a soft jawed vice apply heat and then impact it to break the crud seal.

The left hand side pedal came off no problems, undoing it the "normal" way, the right hand side is opposite threaded I am correct in thinking?
 
Berger said:
Turning from the inside of the crank clockwise using a decent Halfords Pro allen attached to a decent sized breaker bar, so not struggling for effort.

The pedals are Shimano M540's.

Thinking to clamp the crank in a soft jawed vice apply heat and then impact it to break the crud seal.

The left hand side pedal came off no problems, undoing it the "normal" way, the right hand side is opposite threaded I am correct in thinking?
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The right hand pedal is normal thread i.e. viewing from the pedal side of the crank, to loosen you need to turn anticlockwise (remember that if you're looking at the inside of the crank and turning the allen bolt, you will be turning the bolt clockwise to loosen.)

The left hand pedal is left hand thread so looking at the pedal side of the crank, to loosen you need to turn clockwise (and looking from the inside, you need to turn the bolt anticlockwise to loosen.)
 
Loads of way's to remember it but I'd hold the allen kep in place and push the pedal down, as if to move forwards, to unfree it. Or you could stand on the pedal whilst pulling the allen key up. M540s should have a 15mm flat for a pedal spanner though - I'd be using that personally.
 
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