Originally Posted by LoRoK

Apparently I should apologize here. I was wrong to want the OP to have a bike that worked and wouldn't be at risk of some sort of failure that could injure him. I was further wrong to consider that I didn't have full knowledge of the problem, thus recommending him to visit a professional that could help him; when instead I personally should have picked any one of a myriad causes for a problem I don't understand for him to monkey around with, regardless if that would actually help or in fact make matters worse still. I'm such a jerk.