look 595

buggieboy
buggieboy Posts: 16
edited September 2010 in Workshop
please help i have a 2009 look 595 with dura ace 7800 r-sys wheels ram bars mint bike but its got a very anoying creak every time i ride out of the saddle its definaitly coming from the headset but i'v changed both bearings and the racers inside the frame but it still does it i think the shop fitted it with the wrong heaset but they said it came with that one its got a fsa headset in it but when i'v looked on the look web site the frames that they have on show all have special headsets that tighten up different can any one help :x

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    Take it to another shop for another opinion...
  • Tom Butcher
    Tom Butcher Posts: 3,830
    A quick google suggests some early ones did come with an FSA headset. Creaks on a bike are very hard to pin down - out of interest is there something other than the creaking that makes you think the headset is faulty ?
    it's a hard life if you don't weaken.
  • buggieboy
    buggieboy Posts: 16
    well i'v changed all the bits one by one so that only leaves the headset or the dredded a faulty frame i'v also put carbon paist on all the contact points ie anything that comes into contact with the frame
  • EKIMIKE
    EKIMIKE Posts: 2,232
    Dropouts?
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  • buggieboy
    buggieboy Posts: 16
    what i did do is i took the bike to another well known shop they told me that some bikes do creak and they dont know why but i dont expect this from a bike that cost me over £3000 to build it should be silent
  • buggieboy
    buggieboy Posts: 16
    yes dropouts as well i paisted everywere
  • Captain Fagor
    Captain Fagor Posts: 739
    My 595 is an '07 model, and it doesn't tighten up any differently from my other integrated headsets. For what it's worth, the headset it takes is this one:

    http://www.cyclestore.co.uk/productDeta ... oryID=1060
  • rockmount
    rockmount Posts: 761
    Oil your skewers ...
    .. who said that, internet forum people ?
  • buggieboy
    buggieboy Posts: 16
    Captain Fagor wrote:
    My 595 is an '07 model, and it doesn't tighten up any differently from my other integrated headsets. For what it's worth, the headset it takes is this one:

    http://www.cyclestore.co.uk/productDeta ... oryID=1060
    have you had any problems with your frameset in any way
  • buggieboy
    buggieboy Posts: 16
    as anyone had any problems with there look 595
  • proto
    proto Posts: 1,483
    Captain Fagor wrote:
    My 595 is an '07 model, and it doesn't tighten up any differently from my other integrated headsets. For what it's worth, the headset it takes is this one:

    http://www.cyclestore.co.uk/productDeta ... oryID=1060

    Same as on my 585 I think.

    Provided the headset is of the right type (and there are effectively only two types of 1-1/8" types - Cane Creek and Campagnolo) it shouldn't matter what brand it is, as they are pretty well all made by TH Industries anyway.
  • turnerjohn
    turnerjohn Posts: 1,069
    bet its transmission tbh. have you checked the chainring bolts ? bottom bracket ? pedals ? (axles can creak). Could also be contact points...check the bars and stem...carbon paste on the contact areas can sort out creaking...did for me !
  • buggieboy
    buggieboy Posts: 16
    yes done all that paisted everywere had it back in shop today they told me that theyve got to send it to france let them have a look at it as it could be a problem with the frame or forks :cry::(
  • buggieboy
    buggieboy Posts: 16
    gutted gutted gutted it's probalbly the best bike i'v ever rode too hoo hoo
  • turnerjohn
    turnerjohn Posts: 1,069
    hum....mate had the bottom bracket shell "break" away on his 595....Look simply sent him a new frame ...after over a year...can't complain ! Ive had no probs with my 586 so maybe theres a prob with the 595's....bet your gutted but look on the bright side you may get a brand spanking new one :D
  • HebdenBiker
    HebdenBiker Posts: 787
    My (considerably less expensive) bike had a creak when riding out of the saddle. I tightened the bolts on the stem plate. Creak gone.
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