Loosening stuck spikes

[HughJars]

I may be teaching you all to suck eggs, but it's time for the steelys to go in and most of my studs were stuck fast. Had a google and some wag said to soak the soles of ur shoes in hot water.

Sounded barmy to me, anyway, try anything once, ten minutes in the hot water and pop pop pop :lol:

 

[One Planer]

Old news that one pal.

Pass another egg :smirk:

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Helpful to new players though. Good advice.

 

[Val]

Helpful to new players though. Good advice.

Agreed, and not just new players. Many old heads haven't seen this tip before I'd bet

 

[xcore]

At tips to stop my bloody DNA spikes falling out?!

 

[Imurg]

My shoes normally start leaking long before the spikes need changing...

 

[Lord Tyrion]

At tips to stop my bloody DNA spikes falling out?!

Ha ha. I, and others, have puma's that do the same. Buy some decent after market spikes and just accept you will be filling in the gaps for a while. Funnily enough none of the replacements have ever fallen out.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

It's a good tip and really does help loosen difficult spikes. I always put vaseline on the threads as I put them in. Was particularly useful when the thread and insert were metal and definitely stopped spikes rusting in

 

[need_my_wedge]

Replaced the soft spikes on my tour 360’s yesterday. Bought a Softspike cleat ripper last year for about £4, first time to use it. How easy was that! The spikes were all caked in, but every single one came out with a single twist. Not one spike gave any trouble, no previous issues whereby the spikes would start ripping apart without moving, no excess force required. Great tool, seriously recommend it.

 

[MadAdey]

I always found using an 'easy out' did the trick, very quick way of getting out stuck spikes. Like Homer said I always put a little bit of lubrication in there to stop them getting stuck too.