[Closed] Plastic pedal bushing - WHERE to BUY?

SuperStar Components ?

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Chuck 'em in the bin and buy something without bushings, unless you regularly smash pedals.
Worth it in the long run.

SuperStar Components ?

They have 4x bearings, 2x bushings + 2x seals and bolts for £15... or 4x plastic bushings for £10..
I guess since these plastic ones are so delicate it might be worth getting the pack of 4...

I might just take my old pre-evo apart from when they had real metal bushings before they stuck in the cheap plastic ones and see if the bushings are the same size. These old ones aren't used much anyway as most of the pins have been ripped out

Hello it’s Neil from SuperstarComponents

We sell in the spares section rubbish DU metal bushings, the really nice German made IGUS composite ones or complete service kits. On the bushes the metal ones are cheaper but the majority of the cost is the pick pack postage, hence why sending one would cost the same. (Everyone demands free postage which just means it’s priced into the product)

Changing bushings is super easy, takes seconds and gives less problems than an ultra thin bearings which tend to just implode. To put a bearing there would make the pedal less durable and about 30% thicker. So an epic step backwards

The reason we use the composite bushing is they self lubricate and have preload (hence the hole is smaller than 10mm at the ends, that’s why there are slits...). A bush has to have clearance to the axle more than the worst case tolerance overlap, and once you start riding they wear larger again. People then complain they have “play” which actually has to be there to make the pedal not seized solid. The IGUS ones have clearance but you can’t feel a rattle because they have preload and they certainly aren’t cheap plastic!

Feel free to fit either type once in a while and your pedals will be like new again for a couple of quid.

Neil SuperstarComponents

And yes they are 101012 bushings available anywhere

Changing bushings is super easy, takes seconds

Something I'm perfectly happy to do.. I just don't want to waste hours finding where to buy one.

Everyone demands free postage which just means it’s priced into the product

I can't really argue on what it costs you to pick or spread the postage costs and it makes sense that a bearing supplier can pick and pack small fiddly stuff cheaper.

In fact really I just wanted to ...

Feel free to fit either type once in a while and your pedals will be like new again for a couple of quid.

...because by any stretch £9.99 isn't a "couple of quid"
I was going to get 2 sets of replacement grip carts at the same time anyway (and probably still will) but paying £9.99 to replace a bushing halted that purchase whilst I looked to see where I can get a bushing cheaper.

The IGUS ones have clearance but you can’t feel a rattle because they have preload and they certainly aren’t cheap plastic!

Either way the metal ones in my pre-evo's have lasted and worn a bit but not snapped like the IGUS one despite years of rock strikes. The pins have understandably taken their toll on the alloy threads so these are now relegated to the DJ.

People then complain they have “play” which actually has to be there to make the pedal not seized solid.

I'm not bothered about play or for that matter the pedal spinning forever...
I just have a bushing that has snapped and clicks every pedal stroke I'm looking to replace as cheap as possible.

Maybe I'm unlucky or maybe I overdid the pre-load??? (though seems unlikely as I am pretty sure i never did a trailside adjustment and this came on suddenly between routine strips/clean/grease)