I bought bontrager comp pedals (used). The outside is one ball bearing. Inside they have one teflon bushing. No ball bearings like xpedo mforce8.
Please anyone who tell me this measure in xpedo pedals?
I’ve tried the Bontrager Comp swap. I just swapped Bontrager axle and Assioma axle. No bearing/washer swap whatsoever.
I’ve gone through several pages in this thread, but I couldn’t’ find information regarding the issues I’ve found.
My findings are as followed:
Bontrager Axle is shorter then Assioma axle
Thus, Bontrager pedal with Assioma axle is 4 mm longer in summary. Which can be an issue, but it’s not a showstopper.
However, there is a lot of bearing clearance. To much clearance to drive the pedals.
Anyone else experiencing the same issue? Do I need to swap bearings as well? Thanks.
Edit:
Just for the records.
Bontrager Comp Pedal has just one sealed bearing.
The other bearing seems to be ceramic.
Ceramic bearing has 10 mm diameter.
Sealed bearing has 6 mm diameter.
Which is the same diameter as Favero has on the Assiomas. However, I was not successful in eliminating the bearing clearance. Thus I’m going to try the Xpedo M-force 3 pedals.
follow all+any directions:
- screw out old,
- screw in new Duo-Shi,
- install pedals with washer on cranks:
- test on TACX trainer and match power.
looks all good yay.
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once i’m comfy with units might check out more diff types of shimano pedals bodies to test out
I am inclined to buy DUO-SHI version after reading all the hack ideas. Datasheet of DUO-SHI mentions Shimano PD-R8000 as compatible platform for it(Refer image below). I don’t use road pedals on my road bike but SPD pedals. I have two version of it Shimano PD-M8000 and Shimano PD-M875. I am wondering to think, will PD-M8000 will fit get the job done of fitting DUO-SHI on PD-M8000’s platform. Let know if anyone aware of it.
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Wondering if Shimano PD-M8000 and PD-R8000 share same axle as per attached specification. Not sure what could go wrong with swapping the body on DUO-SHI!
Will appreciate all help, if any one did or knows about it.
Did you try out m8000 and Duo-Shi?
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The bearings in one of my Assioma/Xpedo mforce 8’s exploded after 2yrs of use. I got the new official bearing kit from Xpedo, 1 outer bearing and 2 inner - 3X BEARING KIT – XPEDO
How can I remove the two inner bearings? They sit flush so I can’t knock them out from the other side. Do I need an expanding blind bearing puller? (I only have the usual basic home bike mechanic tools)
I tried and tried and tried. Was able to remove only one of the inner bearings using infinite WD-40 and elbow grease. That half-ass fix only lasted a few months. Finally just bought new pedals.
Someone mentioned that there might be small scale bearing ring pulling tools out there, but I don’t have 'em and wasn’t going to buy them for just this usage. I figure getting 1000 hours of usage out of my pedals qualifies as okay wear and tear / replacement time.
you can use a screw driver from other side (outer side) of pedal and drive/tap (small hammer or something small to tap with) them out slowly (there should be a lip, bearing’s ID is smaller than housing) and move screwdriver tip from one side to other side of bearing with alternating taps.
I been playing and up graded to newer bearings just a few days ago.
Just be carefull, firm and not too rough with pedal housings in a vise. since you’re tossing older bearings it’s not a big deal if you screw them up.
Ok so i tapped one out with a screwdriver, but the other the inner race came out instead… Now I’ve still got the outer race stuck in there and can’t get enough leverage from the other side. So now I will have to dremel the leftover off, which is what i had to do with the other pedal that disintegrated.
$230 AUD + $50 on the new bearings, too invested in this to abandon now!
UPDATE: In the end I did have to dremel the outer races off both pedals. Got it in the end! New bearings in and no play, just like new.
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Is there like a list of compatible pedals for favero assioma use? Look X-track maybe?
Xpedo seems to be a bit expensive.
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Does anyone have NukeProof pedals and the original Assioma spindles available? There are some of these look like they MIGHT be a candidate for a flat pedal solution. Components - Pedals – Nukeproof Bikes
To add to the DUO SHI list, the XT M8000 pedals will work.
Also have recently converted some PD A600 and M959 pedals.
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Sorry no good at quoting. A few people mentioned using the left spindle only (way cheap that full pedal set) and just using the spd pedals to do the hack. Did it work?
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M8100 as well, just tried this myself.
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Trying to decide between garmin xc 200 and the Favero hack, is the garmin worth the few extra hundred?
I tried the XT PD M8000 & it didn’t work. The Favero axle doesn’t thread all the way in, it leaves a 1/4 gap.
Got the PD M520’s & it was a straight swap.
I ended up cutting 2 mm of the body of the pedals (the open end where the axle threads) to minimize the extra length created by the Favero pods, worked OK as well.
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Hi SpeedyChix, about your adaptation on favero Duo-shi with a PD EH500 pedal… Have you had to apply any modification or just connect as one of those informed for favero as compatible?
Just the spindle swap. No modification is needed.
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