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How do I reduce the the beater travel to the bass drum ?

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boneill:
This is probably a dumb question to many, but I'm not seeing a hardware adjustment to tighten the beater travel to the bass drum. I have a dual-pedal/beater device.
As it is now, the beaters are banging my leg when playing, which is obviously annoying. This started up after I upgraded my bass drum.
See attached pictures. Any hints are appreciated !

Chaser:

--- Quote from: boneill on June 28, 2025, 12:47:41 AM ---This is probably a dumb question to many, but I'm not seeing a hardware adjustment to tighten the beater travel to the bass drum. I have a dual-pedal/beater device.
As it is now, the beaters are banging my leg when playing, which is obviously annoying. This started up after I upgraded my bass drum.
See attached pictures. Any hints are appreciated !

--- End quote ---

Looks to be a PDP402..which doesn't have a Beater Angle adjustment and it is a Common Complaint.
You probably extended the Beaters when going to a larger Kick Diameter to center the Beaters and increased the arc so now it swings back far enough to hit the top of your foot etc.

There isn't much in the way of adjustment on these pedals pretty much the same Pedal design for 16-20 years.
The only other adjustment I see available is for deck height (3 holes top of cam/chain).

How to Adjust PDP DP402 Double Bass Pedal

You can try and loosen the rocker and decrease the space between Beater and Head...doesn't move much..Lower (Shorten or cut them as many have done) the Beaters low off center or find a Pedal with adjustable Beater Angle.

See this Topic

PDP Double Kick Pedal and bass drum help.


EDIT:
Added Link

Hellfire:
Looking at the images, it appears to have the standard hex shaft. You might be able to disassemble the beater shaft and reposition the beater cams on that shaft up one side of the hex (don't reposition the chain cam). That should change the beater angle without changing the pedal board level (assuming you can get that apart).

boneill:
Hellfire: I did tinker with that hex thing, thinking I could reposition the beater bars. The parts along the pole were not meant to be disassembled. Good idea though !

boneill:
Chaser: You are correct on all accounts. I upgraded from the Surge kit kick to the red Crimson (I think). Total deal - the fancy new red bass drum was $200 CDN. After I put the double-pedal onto it I noticed the crazy travel distance. If I fully release the pedals while playing my shins get whacked....at least I tend to put some weight on it during songs.

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