Turns out a stripped pedal thread on a carbon crank can be a real project

Had a customer bring in a Trek Madone with a left pedal that just spun free. Thought it was a quick helicoil job, maybe an hour tops. Ended up being a 3-day saga because the carbon around the crank arm threads was damaged too, and I had to use a Time-Sert kit I had to order special. Anyone else had to deal with a repair that just kept getting deeper the more you looked at it?

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4 Comments

lewis.mila24d ago

Sounds like you found the real project hidden inside the project.

willowg8824d ago

My last DIY project was 90% cursing at drywall anchors. Drew gets it, the real project is always home repair pretending to be something fun.

the_drew24d ago

Ever notice how the real project is just fixing the mess from the first project? Like when you set out to build a bookshelf, but you spend three hours just finding a stud in the wall and leveling the shelf. The real project was learning your house is weird, not building furniture.

reese_rodriguez869d ago

Saw an article calling this "project creep," where fixing one thing exposes ten broken things behind it. Lewis.mila nailed it, the hidden project is always the real one. My bathroom redo turned into replumbing the whole wall because the pipes were from like 1970. You start with a simple plan and end up a part time detective on how your house was built wrong. Feels like every upgrade is just a tour of the previous owner's bad choices.