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| I’ve looked all over the internet for info but couldn’t find any. I wanted to know how one would go about disassembling Speedplay X5 pedals and if one could swap out the CrMo spindles for the stainless ones. I couldn’t find anything so I experimented. |
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| It turns that the X5 design is quite different from the X2 and X1’s. There is an internal sleeve/bearing holder underneath the lollipop and bowtie cover. In the case of the X5 the two bowtie screws actually hold the lollipop pieces together, that explains why they use a torx interface instead of the regular Allen interface. Undo these two screws and the whole cover comes apart as shown above. |
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| Next, there is a plastic grease cap on the end of the bearing holder. Grab and twist this cap off to reveal the nut that holds the whole thing together. By this point I could see that the X5 and X2 spindles are NOT interchangeable so i did not need to go any further. However, if you needed to change or check the inner bearings all you’d need to do is unscrew the nut. |
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| While i had the tools out I decided to tune another X2 pedal set of mine. First step, remove the grease cap. |
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| Undo the holding screw (torx interface) and pull the spindle out. |
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| I’m also replacing the bowties with my custom aluminum pieces. Like i mentioned I used the wrong tool when cutting the chamfer and the angle came out too short. |
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| Nothing that a grinding wheel cant solve! |
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| Ti spindles + Aluminum bowties + gratuitous amount of grease = 137.9g |
