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10-16-15 | 09:16 AM

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crimmenybibble

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Need to do maintence on creaky and neglected Trek Fuel Ex 9

After about 4 or something years of riding, the time has come.
Cheap and striving-to-be-frugal CrimmenyBibble has come to you for advice.

Issues of priority that Crimmeny needs help with:
1) Unidentified creak-sounds

Proposed solution: Grease and retorque pivot points

Question - What cheapest non-junk mostly-accurate torque wrench should be bought?

Question - Park Polylube, ok to use here?

Grease headset

Question - Park Polylube, ok to use here?

Question - Do I need special tools for this bike's headset?

Bottom Bracket maintenance

Question - Are allen keys enough for this bottom bracket to take apart

Question - Park Polylube, ok to use here? Or is it really essential to have bearing grease?

2) Latent rear derailleur shifting

Have cleaned/lubed all derailleur parts, including hand shifters up front.
Latent gear shift of usually one cog will occur, even when shifting one at a time.
Usually happens in the range of mid to smallest cogs.

Suspected fix: Clean (lube?) all cables & housing somehow. Need help on this.

General things already taken care of:
Replaced front shock oil & seals
Adjusted derailleurs

Things to be done that Crimmeny doesn't need help with:
Maintenance/seal replacement of rear shock
Brakes

If all of these things are done, Crimmeny figures that creaks and issues and maintenance will be taken care of.

Thoughts?

Last edited by crimmenybibble; 10-16-15 at 12:01 PM.

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