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Bad Bottom Bracket Bearings?

Old 06-25-07, 03:57 PM
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Bad Bottom Bracket Bearings?

My ride today seemed alittle bit harder than usual and at first I thought it was me, but then started to suspect the bike. On climbs I noticed that there was creaking coming from the bottom bracket and now that i'm home I can tell the bearings are noisey. I've never bothered listening to them before, but I'm guessing they should be silent? The bike only has 700-800 miles on it so I'm kinda reluctant to say the bearings are shot, but evidence says otherwise. And I'll also mention it's a 105 bottom bracket on an aluminum caad8 frame.

Bad bearings? Or is it normal and I was just having an off day?
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If you have the proper tools handy, you could pull the crank and BB, clean everything well, grease liberally, and reassemble. Might help, and its fun.
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Originally Posted by Namenda
If you have the proper tools handy, you could pull the crank and BB, clean everything well, grease liberally, and reassemble. Might help, and its fun.
A vice grips and an adjustable wrench? Oh wait, proper tools...yeah...

At some point I'm gonna have to get tools for my bike.
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