Why does nobody talk about greasing pedal threads the wrong way

I rebuilt my old touring bike last month and put the pedals on with way too much grease. Figured more lube equals less problems. Two weeks later the left pedal started clicking on every rotation. Took me an hour of swearing to realize the excess grease had softened the aluminum threads and they backed out slightly. Had to helicoil the crank arm as a fix. Anyone else ever overdo it on pedal grease and wreck a thread?

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ross.jason14d ago

Light coat only, learned that lesson the HARD way too.

matthewg6314d ago

Buddy of mine did the same thing on his cross bike. Ended up with the pedal basically glued into the crank from greased-up thread goo. Had to take it to a shop with a torch to get it out.