[Closed] Eggbeater rebuild kit.

[url= http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/crank-brothers-rebuild-kit-egg-beater-2003-2009/rp-prod5415 ]This one[/url], which looks to be out of stock everywhere.

This one:?

[url= http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/shimano-xtr-race-clipless-spd-m980-mtb-pedals/rp-prod54878 ]These[/url]

Serious question: How many miles do you get out of a pair of eggbeaters? I keep thinking of moving over to them but the longevity issue puts me off.

Aah yes, the snapping XTRs, far better!

I've got just over 1000 miles on my Egg Beater 2s, and they're still absolutely perfect. Converted with ti axles and they're light too.

Used to rebuild the old ones like the OPs every year or so.

Or get XT pedals which don't tend to snap?

And weigh even more.

Shimano are (generally) wonderfully reliable, but I'd not go back.

Serious question: How many miles do you get out of a pair of eggbeaters? I keep thinking of moving over to them but the longevity issue puts me off.

I have a pair the same as above, they are on my commuter and have done roughly 9 miles a day (I say roughly as some days more some days less) since 09. They are still going strong. Granted they don't spin as freely but they have no play in them and if I could be bothered to take them apart and clean them I'm sure they would spin freely again.

I must have been lucky and had a really decent pair.

I've said it before...

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every now and then, check that the nut on the end of the axle remains tight.
if you don't, they may develop play, the seals will get pushed out, and then over time the bushing/ bearing might wear and collapse until one day the pedal falls off the axle.
a problem that I blame Shimano for. they created a lump of indestructible heavy metal, put it on the end of some cranks and captured the market for fit and forget non-consumable pedals.
this mean that no-one now accepts that pedals need any maintenance.

That sounds exactly like what has happened to my pedals.

Mtbfix.
Step 11 is bugger knees.
Step 12 go back to egg beaters!

I've had SPDs in the (distant) past and have used Egg Beaters now for about 10 years. Have had one issue where they've gone wrong mid-ride but I ignored the resistance in the bearings so it was my own fault. They do require more maintenance but are lighter and I prefer them to SPDs.

Make sure you maintain them though, on the old design if the outer bearing knackerd they'd unscrew and pop off the pedal leaving a big spike attached to the crank. Not sure if this applys to the new design too.

Maintenance basically involved changing the bearings (if you use them 2 or 3 times a week do it every year) is relatively cheap and take 10-20 minutes.

Stu.

OP, I found a similr rebuild kit in my spare parts box (with 1 broken and 1 working pedal strangely). My kit has a circlip in it, which i suspect means it's for an earlier pedal.

Let me know if you're interested

I used Eggies for years, but got really cheesed off with having to service them so regularly and suffer axle failues at the far point of long rides.

Replaced with Time a few years back and not had to do anything to them at all and still work perfectly

I've got original eggbeaters (stainless axle) that has never been serviced in the year since I've had them. The P.O. used them on his CX/hack bike and never serviced them either for years. Will I die?