Ashley Sayers Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Hi there , I have recently bought a tensile 60 click and its not more quite than my old 60 click and i'm looking too make it a bit louder any tips? cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borat Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Hi there , I have recently bought a tensile 60 click and its not more quite than my old 60 click and i'm looking too make it a bit louder any tips? cheers Service it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Sayers Posted April 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 how ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeanuckleJive Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 *facepalm* Does it REALLY need to be louder? If you don't know how to service it and have no real need for volume, just put it on your bike and ride it, surely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh barker Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 why the hell do you want it louder, act your age. ride your bike, not make things louder, the only reason it will be loud is because its packed with grease, take it out and put light oil in the pawls, springs etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley Sayers Posted April 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 ok no need too go off on 1 lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence--Trials Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Hi there , I have recently bought a tensile 60 click and its not more quite than my old 60 click and i'm looking too make it a bit louder any tips? cheers Just leave it. It will get louder over time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris slater Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 echo sl for the win! loud as fook... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pav Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Hubs and freewheels get quiter with more oil/lube in them. Over time, this lube may or may not seep out, and your hub or freewheel will get louder. Currently, I have a Chris King hub, every 6 months or so I service it, and I notice that it gets a little quiter every time. I can tell when it does need a service because it seems to be a little bit louder. Another thing I have noticed is that the more lube I put in when I service it, the quiter it gets. If you want to make your freewheel louder, you need to service it, but when you do so, take out some of the grease/lube/oil that is in there. This is kind of un-servicing it though. I have not done it on a freewheel for a long time, but on a friends ACS when we did do it, we had to take off the freewheel and then undo the lockring face thingo thats on it. Then you can see inside it. But beware, when we did this, we got all the ballbearings EVERYWHERE and it was so annoying to put back together. I am not sure if newer freewheels will be the same though. In a month or two, I should be rocking an Echo SL freewheel, if it is really quiet, I might open it up and make it louder like this and let you know how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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