Help diagnosing BB creak noise
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Help diagnosing BB creak noise
I've got an 08 Mercier Kilo TT with stock cranks/BB and a powergrip pedal+strap setup
Everything's been tightened down.
With both sides, on the downstroke, I get a one or two short creaks.
On the upstroke, I get no creaks. Backpedaling gets the same short creaks.
I've checked my pedals and all the crank nuts. Is it just the crappy stock BB/cranks? They're truativ cranks btw. I've only had the bike for about two months.
Everything's been tightened down.
With both sides, on the downstroke, I get a one or two short creaks.
On the upstroke, I get no creaks. Backpedaling gets the same short creaks.
I've checked my pedals and all the crank nuts. Is it just the crappy stock BB/cranks? They're truativ cranks btw. I've only had the bike for about two months.
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Stand up and pedal. Does it still happen? If so, chainring bolts. If that doesn't work, hammer to BB.
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Ok I used all my power and might to tighten the crank bolts, pedals, seatpost, even the stem setup and the creaking seems to have disappeared. Now I just gotta figure out why my handlebars creak when standing up to climb hills.
Just so I don't have to start another thread, handlebars creak if they're not tempered right?
Just so I don't have to start another thread, handlebars creak if they're not tempered right?
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Handlebars can creak for a number of reasons. If your stem has a removable face plate, loosen all of the bolts and retighten them equally, taking up the slack evenly across the faceplate as you tighten it, kinda like the lugnuts on a car. You want equal tension at the top and bottom. Also, if the bar is a different diameter than the stem (risers on a road stem with the wrong shims), it can creak.
As for tempering, I have never heard of that.
-Rob.
As for tempering, I have never heard of that.
-Rob.
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Oh that's probably it then, the top bolt is tightened more than the bottom. I'll fix it tomorrow. Thanks.
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Ok well evening out the nuts made more creaking. A lot more creaking. Solution? Should I grease everything up?
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Grease can't hurt. See what it does. I've found that a lot of cheap stems with 2-bolt faceplates creak when standing and putting a load on one side of the bars or the other.
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my friend has this same creaking and he complains about it all the time and he has a two-bolt faceplate.
He figures once he upgrades to a thomson or a more secure 4-bolt faceplate in general, the creaking will stop.
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Well it turned out to be my quill stem adapter. I took it out today and regreased everything. I also took the time to dismantle everything else on my ride and regreased. No creaks whatsoever.
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grease the seat first, if that doesn't work, grease the pedals and the grips.