Bol Maaaaaaing Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 My bike has decided it wants to creak and groan a lot now.I think its the cranks or the BB, its not the spokes because they are real tight.When I bounce on the back wheel or put sudden pressure downward on the bike it does it.What could it be and how can I fix it?Wanna get it corrected before it ruins my bike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al_Fel Posted April 2, 2009 Report Share Posted April 2, 2009 My bike has decided it wants to creak and groan a lot now.I think its the cranks or the BB, its not the spokes because they are real tight.When I bounce on the back wheel or put sudden pressure downward on the bike it does it.What could it be and how can I fix it?Wanna get it corrected before it ruins my bikeTake your cranks, bb and pedals off then, clean the lot grease it up and pop it all back together. Bob should be your uncle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bol Maaaaaaing Posted April 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 Sweet as, I'll give that a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 I'd also check the headset is tight and that the cups are tight in the frame, my old headset used to creak because the lower race ring thingy wasn't tight on the forks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 My bike creaks, turns out the bashring on my middleburns is loose. Strange thing is, I don't think the lockring is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 Send them back, lifetime warrenty I think? Not certain though, generally speaking they're so good you'd never need to.Have you got one of the TI rings or the big dinnerplate thingies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bol Maaaaaaing Posted April 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 Have you got one of the TI rings or the big dinnerplate thingies? Whats that?Im pretty unfamiliar at this kind of stuff.I could tell you how a hydrolic clutch works and draw you a diagram, but with bikes...... Yeah, Im not so sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 The dinnerplate comment was to Bruce Lee.As Al_Fel said, your problem will probably be your splines on the BB are dry, mine used to do it too. Whip them off, grease it all up, check your BB over thou for crack's too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 Send them back, lifetime warrenty I think? Not certain though, generally speaking they're so good you'd never need to.Have you got one of the TI rings or the big dinnerplate thingies? It's a custom fresh products one, I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Scarlet Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 If you think it may be coming from the BB area you can do a series of checks to eliminate all the possibilities of noises.Could be four things.Pedals - Are they loose?, as in the axle itself or the bearings?, are an pins loose? get an old pair of pedals and put them on, if the noise has gone, problem solved.Cranks - Again, are they loose? ensure they are tight and apply some copper grease to the tapers (especially on square taper where the dry metal on metal can bring up a creaking noise).Chain - Is it too tight or too loose? a tight chain can make some horrible noises when moving, similarly a dry chain can make horrible noises, give a good spraying of WD40 to get it well greased.Bottom bracket - Is it loose? make sure by trying to tighten it, has a bearing gone? you will only know if none of the above work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomN Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 If it creaks around the bb/crank area whilst you're pedalling check your bb cup, if it's a plastic cup then it might be cracked. Replace it and that should sort out the creaking problem once you put it all back together as that was a problem that mine came up. I just replaced it with a metal one sorted it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Anscombe Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Are they not supposed to make theese noises woops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCottTrials Posted April 4, 2009 Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Grease the chain... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bol Maaaaaaing Posted April 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 4, 2009 Dont worry, Got it sorted.It was the BB and the back disk bolts were lose but lock tighted it, also the head set was a bit lose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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