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Disassemble Persons Supreme Pedal

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Make the bar and sell it to mešŸ‘

I'm not sure if he's still making these but this was a gift from my good buddy Brant years ago and regularly comes in handy.

I've straightened many axles using my aforementioned method without issue, granted not a more primitive variation as in this case.

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Since I'm pretty sure he stopped making those... Here's an alternative that may not be as indestructible, but gets the job done. https://www.ebay.com/itm/2767652732...d=link&campid=5335809022&toolid=20001&mkevt=1
It's 1/2"-20tpi, LH threads one end, RH threads on the other. Install pedals and roll to find the low or high spot, then chuck in the vise with your favorite wood blocks and you've got the leverage you need.
 
But like I previously mentioned, if you are not able to remove the axle from that outer sleeve, aren't you just going to bend those end bearing retainer plates?
 
If you don't leave the pedal assembled, you'll never know when it is straight. Put wood blocks against the pads and squeeze tight. Could you bend something? Sure. Still, people manage to straighten pedals this way. Obviously nobody took the axle out of the pedal to bend it out of line.
 
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Well I work in a machine shop so I have a surface plate I can roll the axle on to tell me where the high spot is but I don't think I can get that outer sleeve off of the axle shaft
 
But like I previously mentioned, if you are not able to remove the axle from that outer sleeve, aren't you just going to bend those end bearing retainer plates?
The pedal was bent while it was assembled, was it not?
You could spend more time making a cradle for the cups and caps if you want, but this advice is coming from folks that have used these tools for straightening pedals before, myself included.
 
Well I work in a machine shop so I have a surface plate I can roll the axle on to tell me where the high spot is but I don't think I can get that outer sleeve off of the axle shaft

You can't. That is the problem. Pedals like that are disposable. This is a very good argument for real rebuildable pedals, like Torrington 8 or 10. You wouldn't likely be able to roll the axle to check anyway. It's probably tapered, and in any event is thicker at the threaded end. If it were the type that comes apart, there would be a flat or a groove at the far end to key a washer. The tip would not be round.

If you had to straighten a bare axle, you could theoretically screw the bare axle into something like the "keithbar", chuck the keithbar in the lathe to see the runout at the tip of the bare axle.

The tool is meant for an assembled pedal. It's long enough to magnify the error. If the axle is bent, the far end of the tool will make a circle.
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