Noise on revolution... freewheel made of cheese?

tomkidd
tomkidd Posts: 19
edited October 2011 in Workshop
Hi all,

My bike has developed an awful noise when climbing... I thought it might be the BB but I thought I would check the freewheel on the hub. I found this... Could it be this that is causing the noise?

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  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    Could be. Certainly looks like it's made of cheese. Edam possibly.
  • tomkidd
    tomkidd Posts: 19
    Cheers... bike is only about 3 months old, done about 1200 miles max. I've got Etape Cymru on Sunday so need to get it sorted
  • salsarider79
    salsarider79 Posts: 828
    An awful noise when climbing? What sort of noise? If you jet wash the bike, you could have washed the grease out the hub. If the wheel bearings aren't under the correct tension they might be wearing. Or it could be the spokes need a tension, or....

    TBH the the marks on the freehub body aren't likely to be responsible. These are normal, and something you'll find on most secondhand wheels. Granted it does look bad, but I would look at which cassette you use on that wheel as some cassettes don't damage your freehub as much as the one you have in your pics.
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  • tomkidd
    tomkidd Posts: 19
    Cheers. The noise is a creaking and knocking only under load, sounds like a bearing issue. I've swapped my rear wheel for another and it isn't making the noise now... Do you think it could be the bearings in the hub though?
  • on-yer-bike
    on-yer-bike Posts: 2,974
    tomkidd wrote:
    Cheers. The noise is a creaking and knocking only under load, sounds like a bearing issue. I've swapped my rear wheel for another and it isn't making the noise now... Do you think it could be the bearings in the hub though?

    Was the cassette lock ring tight enough? That would explain the excessive notches on the freewheel body.
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  • tomkidd
    tomkidd Posts: 19
    I think it was... can't be sure now though
  • Yossie
    Yossie Posts: 2,600
    I've had a big creaking from the rear (oooooeeeerrrrr) lately - dry spoke nipples cured with liberal application of oil.

    Worth a go if anything.
  • tomkidd
    tomkidd Posts: 19
    Just been out and tested another wheel on the rear and did a 20% climb, not a single noise. So I think I can rule out the BB.

    I don't power wash the bike... the noise is a definate dry creak, almost like it could be a crack in the frame (But I know it isn't that as the different rear wheel has proven).
  • Giraffoto
    Giraffoto Posts: 2,078
    I apologize in advance if this was the first thing you checked, but have you tried lubricating the chain? I've had one (a Shimano, as I recall) that signalled it was getting dry with a creaking/crunching noise that sounded like a terminal case. WD40 for a quck fix, hot wax for the longer term (does anyone else still do this?)
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  • tomkidd
    tomkidd Posts: 19
    Giraffoto wrote:
    I apologize in advance if this was the first thing you checked, but have you tried lubricating the chain? I've had one (a Shimano, as I recall) that signalled it was getting dry with a creaking/crunching noise that sounded like a terminal case. WD40 for a quck fix, hot wax for the longer term (does anyone else still do this?)

    Chain was lubed before the ride and with the new wheel it ain't making the noise...
  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    It's hugely unlikely to be the cause of your issues. That is caused by a cheap cassette on a soft alloy freehub body.

    If a wheel swap fixed it then it's probably the hub bearings or spokes etc.
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  • tomkidd
    tomkidd Posts: 19
    Cassette is a 105 cassette... I think it is a bearing issue within the freehub after speaking to my LBS.
  • tomkidd
    tomkidd Posts: 19
    Turns out that the bearings in the freehub were knackered and needed replacing and also the bearings in the hub needed cleaning up and regreasing. Ended up costing £33 at LBS for a full hub service and new bearings :)
  • sandyballs
    sandyballs Posts: 577
    You didn't buy it secondhand off Speedking did you??

    :shock:
  • ChrisSA
    ChrisSA Posts: 455
    I blame Wiggle :D
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  • tomkidd
    tomkidd Posts: 19
    Sandyballs wrote:
    You didn't buy it secondhand off Speedking did you??

    :shock:

    No, the wheels came new on the brand new bike.
  • elmsallmissile
    elmsallmissile Posts: 75
    tomkidd wrote:
    Sandyballs wrote:
    You didn't buy it secondhand off Speedking did you??

    :shock:

    No, the wheels came new on the brand new bike.

    1200 miles, I think somebody's 'avin a Giraffe! If this is gettin to be the life expectancy of components I think I'll take up running again!
  • tomkidd
    tomkidd Posts: 19
    To be honest... it hasn't stopped raining since I bought the bike and I have been riding it in very heavy rain. I know it is no excuse but it hasn't been pampered.

    It feels great again now though and helped me fly round the Etape Cymru... once I found the right route ;)

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