Creaking From ?headtube When Steering

Secteur
Secteur Posts: 1,971
edited May 2011 in Road beginners
I hear this especially at low speeds (i.e. when walking the bike).

Seems to be coming from where headtube meets the forks but very hard to pin down.

I have stripped, cleaned & lubricated it to no effect.

Driving me mad! Any suggestions?

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  • gaddster
    gaddster Posts: 401
    brake and/or gear cables rubbing together?
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  • Simon G
    Simon G Posts: 41
    gaddster,

    I agree with you. Secteur, If you can't pin the noise on the headset, then perhaps the cable outer sheath has broken down. This happened to my gore sealed cables within a few months and they're now as nosy as hell. No such trouble with Dura Ace outers though!
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  • Wh05apk
    Wh05apk Posts: 35
    I had this on my allez, like you I adjusted the headstock to no avail, eventually pinned it down to the gearcables where they entered the plastic bit on the downtube, a drop of lube and it cured it.
  • Berk Bonebonce
    Berk Bonebonce Posts: 1,245
    You can get a lot of creaking from carbon/aluminium mix forks.
  • red dragon
    red dragon Posts: 263
    When ever I have had it I have re-greased the headset bearings and tightend up again. No problems after, and no creaks.
  • Secteur
    Secteur Posts: 1,971
    Will have another good look tomorrow - the cables could well be the problem - sometimes it's surprisingly hard to pin-point these noises!

    It's a definite "creak" rather than a squeak or rub.
  • buder
    buder Posts: 154
    Wh05apk wrote:
    I had this on my allez, like you I adjusted the headstock to no avail, eventually pinned it down to the gearcables where they entered the plastic bit on the downtube, a drop of lube and it cured it.

    +1

    Had this on my secteur aswell drove me mad thought the headset was knackered
  • teulk
    teulk Posts: 557
    Hmmmm my Secteur 2011 has just start creaking and its only done 450miles...........
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  • DCowling
    DCowling Posts: 769
    That's spooky, my boardman comp has just started doing this but is only noticable when cleaning it or wheeling it around.
  • Secteur
    Secteur Posts: 1,971
    that's the only time I hear it on mine - when pootling it about in the garage - never when riding.

    Will be cleaning & inspecting it tonight.

    Mine has done roughly 800m, I think.
  • thel33ter
    thel33ter Posts: 2,684
    Probably cables, as the fork shouldn't have enough movement in it to creak.
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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    It's your cable stops/springs. Fo' shizzle.
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