My 1983 Colnago Super frankenbike sat idle for over a year. When I took it out for the first ride I noticed a click and a creak that hadn't been there before.
I checked all of the usual suspects: cranks, BB, pedals, wheels, spokes, saddle, seatpost, stem, bars and so on. Switching wheels, I discovered that the click was coming from the freewheel. It was a standard width 6 speed Suntour New Winner in good condition.
It only clicked on the 4th and 5th largest cogs right after coasting. That was easy to fix, I removed several of the shims under the outer bearing lockring and that tightened it enough to eliminate the clicking.
The creak was still a mystery. I pulled the cranks and checked the Phil BB. I had used an old Phil Wood BB that had been on a number of bikes since the 70's.
The problem was the new stainless steel rings that I got from Phil had a slightly smaller ID than the original rings that went with this BB.
They didn't seat all the way on when I originally tightened them with a torque wrench. I figure that over a years time the mounting pressure caused any burr or whatever to give way and the rings seated properly on the cartridge shoulders but now they were loose enough to creak. I reinstalled the cartridge and re-torqued the rings. Problem solved.
I found the source of an annoying click on another bike. Turned out to be a cracked Campy Record rear axle cone. The crack wasn't noticeable to the naked eye but when the locknuts were tightened the pressure caused it to spread. A mini pothole had formed in the ball track from wear on both sides of the crack. It would click under load with each rotation of the wheel.
Replaced the cone, problem solved.
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