trials owns Posted May 14, 2010 Report Share Posted May 14, 2010 hi everyone about a couple of month ago i bought a tensile 60 click and now it is starting to skip and make a loud noises like every 5 mins, same story for my previous freewheel i had (rockman 72 click) what am i doing wrong? any ideas how i can stop this skipping happening? cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Yoshi Posted May 14, 2010 Report Share Posted May 14, 2010 hi everyone about a couple of month ago i bought a tensile 60 click and now it is starting to skip and make a loud noises like every 5 mins, same story for my previous freewheel i had (rockman 72 click) what am i doing wrong? any ideas how i can stop this skipping happening? cheers Lock ring tight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trials owns Posted May 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2010 (edited) Lock ring tight? not sure, call me stupid but how do you tighten it? Edited May 14, 2010 by trials owns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Yoshi Posted May 14, 2010 Report Share Posted May 14, 2010 not sure, call me stupid but how do you tighten it? Take the crank off, Pair of needle nose pliers, should be 2 wee holes in the lock ring and turn clock wise. If not a small alan key could fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trials owns Posted May 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2010 Take the crank off, Pair of needle nose pliers, should be 2 wee holes in the lock ring and turn clock wise. If not a small alan key could fit. oh i see now how often do i need to do that? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalopS Posted May 14, 2010 Report Share Posted May 14, 2010 oh i see now how often do i need to do that? thanks So it never comes loose. Check it at least once a week! You dont have to take the crank off to tighten/check it. I use a flat head screw driver with mine. Just jam it in and push it round (anti-clockwise) till its tight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted May 14, 2010 Report Share Posted May 14, 2010 any ideas how i can stop this skipping happening? Buy an SL or TR EDIT: For a useful answer - the Tensile pawls seem to round off a bit when the freewheel starts skipping every now and again, which exacerbates the problem a bit. Strip it down, clean out any shards of pawl floating about in there and give the pawls a look. Spin the freewheel around with the lockring and one bearing off and see how neatly the pawls click into the ratchet. If they're not really sitting in there very well, it might be worth buying some new pawls to get them digging in properly again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trials owns Posted May 15, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2010 Buy an SL or TR EDIT: For a useful answer - the Tensile pawls seem to round off a bit when the freewheel starts skipping every now and again, which exacerbates the problem a bit. Strip it down, clean out any shards of pawl floating about in there and give the pawls a look. Spin the freewheel around with the lockring and one bearing off and see how neatly the pawls click into the ratchet. If they're not really sitting in there very well, it might be worth buying some new pawls to get them digging in properly again. cheers everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theom Posted May 15, 2010 Report Share Posted May 15, 2010 Buy an SL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted May 16, 2010 Report Share Posted May 16, 2010 Although not yet, 'cos there aren't any anywhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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