Eggbeater Pedal Rebuild Saturday

Yesterday it was time to tackle a pair of Eggbeater 2's gone wrong after just two years' use and a nice four year old pair of Mallet 3's that were crying out for some TLC.  It wasn't particularly difficult, but the first one took a little while with flipping back and forth through videos.  Set aside some serious time for each pair of pedals.  Figure on about an hour for a pair, but have an open schedule for up to two hours in case something goes awry.  Also, you'll need a rebuild parts kit for each pair of pedals.

How?  Oh hell no, I'm not going to tell you how here.  I'm just going to link through to a couple of videos for each variety.  Required tools are also detailed in each video.  You'll want to have those rounded up before beginning along with lots and lots of paper towels.

• Eggbeaters: factory vid | some bike shop guy
• Mallets: factory vid | Park Tool vid

They all move kind of fast and take slightly different routes, so whichever model you're overhauling it's worthwhile to watch both videos.

The bottom line is that this exercise resurrected about $250 worth of pedals for $60 in parts plus a couple hours' semi-interesting work.  I can think of worse and less profitable ways to spend a chunk of a Saturday afternoon.

ps & Follow Up, 9/10: After several test rides of both pedal sets, all is functioning very smoothy.  However, thinking on the economics of this, if you're running the bottom-end Eggbeater 1's, it may make more sense to just replace a worn set.  Odds are that if a set of pedals need replacing,  you'll need new cleats too.  Digging around on ModernBike.com I see that a pair of Egg 1's goes for $54.  Compare with a refresh kit and new set of cleats – $30 and $25 respectively – and the price is a wash.  Of course, it pains to throw out when a rebuild will do; doing so reeks of wretched excess.  Hey, your Saturday afternoon, your call.