One of mine were so stuck I had to use a 50/50 mix of auto transmission fluid and acetone and let it soak down in there to break up the dried factory grease . That crap turns to a clay like substance after time . But they did loosen up and i was able to remove and clean-lube the pedal after that .

You don't need to mess around with WD40 or anything else, simply warm up the spring posts with a heat gun around the area where the posts are threaded and hey presto they will undo easily you will also be able to remove the springs to clean and re-lube.

Cycle Teflon grease works best and will not gum-up in the future.

Hope this helps.

Chris

I remember talking with Bill Fulton one time. We both used Mobil One synthetic grease on our Speed Kings. It killed the action and just about froze them. My thinking was the syn grease would last a long time and not dry out. Even mixed 50-50 as a slurry with oil it was still too thick.

Oddball thanks for the "floating" tips I'll check those out.

Jeff Ludwig sold little rubber spacers to space the later frame pedal out. You could probably make your own easily.

Okay, thanks for all the tips guys. After the smoke clears from the holidays I will be getting back to working on drums again, cant wait. Cabinet business has been too good, lol.

Odball: As a SK user myself Ill start checking your tips around. It is great to hear from other SK lovers how far they've gone investigating this great piece of hardware. Now the other way to loose the adjusting screws is removing the upper caps on the posts. (You can do that hammering the posts with a rubber hammer) they will pop up and there you have access to the upper section of the post. A little DW40 will loose the screw up from the inside and removing the springs and engaging bar it's a breeze...

i need a piston for one ,any one ?

[QUOTE=OddBall;330705]Sure guys.

When you depress the pedal and take your foot off quickly the pedal should not return and stop, it should return so far and bounce up and down not come to a full stop.

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I would personally never set up my Speed King, or any pedal for that manner, in that fashion.

I can't imagine anyone else, who actually plays drums, to do it either.

Inspired by the thread, I recently bought this oldie. My very first SK...

It's just in fair condition, but I feel challenged to put above working condition, as it is right now.

I'll let you know the progress!

Best regards and.... A Merry Christmas to all of you :Santa:Guys!!

Speed King.

Also known as a "Cuff Catcher"

If your wearing baggy leg pants you'll need to roll them up or attach some kind of rubber band or strap to keep the beater from getting stuck in your pants leg.

You mean this??? Laughing H