After cleaning the errant pedal and crank threads carefully and gooping it up with Permatex Red on Sunday, torquing it into place and then leaving it to dry for almost three days, I decided to take the quadracycle out and give the pedal a try today. The forecast was for "warm" this morning and "hot" this afternoon, so we both decided to head out right after the morning rush hour at about 0900.
This trip was intended to just be a test run, but turned into another grocery trip instead, since Ruth pointed out that we needed a few items, so we got both tasks done at the same time. I dropped Ruth off at Giant Tiger to get some milk and other necessities and, rather than wait for her, I did some more pedalling around a new housing development and then headed back to pick her up. All worked according to plan and, best of all, the pedal stayed in place!
She had more errands to do over on Bank Street, which is a bit busy during the workday for quadracycling, so I dropped her off at the nearest point in the nearby park and headed home to put the groceries away.
A final inspection of the quadracycle showed that the pedal is staying in place, at least so far. This is one that I will keep a good eye on over the next while - hopefully the Red stuff will hold it in place.
Total quadracycling for 2009 so far - 99 km
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