Creaking rear wheel
milese
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Hi,
I've been hunting down a creak on my bike and have narrowed it down to coming from the rear wheel.
It turns out that there is a bit of play in the bearings. With the wheel off I cant notice an play, but on the bike there is definate movment. I took the rear hub apart, cleaned and regreased it all. I cant notice any plan in the individual bearings.
Put it back together and it seems like there is more play! Is there any knack to putting it back together, in particularly tightening the end caps on the axle?
The noise is very much coming from the spokes, but I suppose thats to be expected. You can generate the noise by putting a bit of pressure on the crank by hand. Does that sound like it could be due to the bearings? Are the bearings replacable?
The wheels are Soul 2.0s, from about 2010, with maybe 3 to 5,000 miles on them, good bike only, so very minor wet use.
http://2013.bikesoul.com/s2/
Thanks.
I've been hunting down a creak on my bike and have narrowed it down to coming from the rear wheel.
It turns out that there is a bit of play in the bearings. With the wheel off I cant notice an play, but on the bike there is definate movment. I took the rear hub apart, cleaned and regreased it all. I cant notice any plan in the individual bearings.
Put it back together and it seems like there is more play! Is there any knack to putting it back together, in particularly tightening the end caps on the axle?
The noise is very much coming from the spokes, but I suppose thats to be expected. You can generate the noise by putting a bit of pressure on the crank by hand. Does that sound like it could be due to the bearings? Are the bearings replacable?
The wheels are Soul 2.0s, from about 2010, with maybe 3 to 5,000 miles on them, good bike only, so very minor wet use.
http://2013.bikesoul.com/s2/
Thanks.
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