play and creak from left crank and spindle

DaveBickers
DaveBickers Posts: 26
edited January 2012 in MTB workshop & tech
Evening all,

Having replaced the bb thinking this would solve problem the creak still exists. Ruled out pedals so must be crank, I had a fiddle and after a bit of persuasion managed to find the sourse of noise. Its where the left crank is joined to the spindle (Raceface Respond) and there is a very little amount of play. I cleaned the area and forced some grease into the area to see if that got rid of noise for the time being and it has.

My question is will this require a replacement crank with spindle or is there a way of fixing it permanently?

cheers

Dave
Orange Alpine 160
Boardman Team FS
Honda Hornet
Carrera Voritce
Falcan Mountain Peak
Raleigh Mustang

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    The left arm is the one permanently attached to the axle? Sounds like it is about to fail.
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  • DaveBickers
    DaveBickers Posts: 26
    Thats what I thought the probable answer would be. Hopefully it will last a quick ride up Swinley tomorrow morning.

    Best start saving by looks of things
    Orange Alpine 160
    Boardman Team FS
    Honda Hornet
    Carrera Voritce
    Falcan Mountain Peak
    Raleigh Mustang

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