Creaking under load

jamski

So this may well be normal but wanted some advise. When I'm standing up giving it some, I seem to get a rotary creaking/clicking noise coming from the wheels, I think around the disk area. If I'm sitting and peddling it seems fine, and just spinning the wheels everything is fine. The front brake doesn't bind at all, the rear does a little but not too bad at all.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

buddy_club

Check QR skewers tight, bit of lube on the skewer, align brakes, check pads, check disc rotor bolts (although unlikely), check wheel bearings. Is it both wheels or just one?

jamski

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19664656#p19664656]buddy_club[/url] wrote:

Check QR skewers tight, bit of lube on the skewer, align brakes, check pads, check disc rotor bolts (although unlikely), check wheel bearings. Is it both wheels or just one?

Seems to be both. I did just read that it could be that the skewers are too tight? I do tend to do them up to within an inch of their life, so I'll try that.

I have no idea about disk breaks, any pointers on how to adjust/align them? Thanks.

buddy_club

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19664658#p19664658]jamski[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19664656#p19664656]buddy_club[/url] wrote:

Check QR skewers tight, bit of lube on the skewer, align brakes, check pads, check disc rotor bolts (although unlikely), check wheel bearings. Is it both wheels or just one?

Seems to be both. I did just read that it could be that the skewers are too tight? I do tend to do them up to within an inch of their life, so I'll try that.

I have no idea about disk breaks, any pointers on how to adjust/align them? Thanks.

Could try slackening off skewers then tightening them up again. RE brakes: Loosen off the bolts holding the calliper to the frame so that the calliper can move - squeeze brake levers as far in as possible. While squeezing the levers tighten up the bolts.

jamski

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19664665#p19664665]buddy_club[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19664658#p19664658]jamski[/url] wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19664656#p19664656]buddy_club[/url] wrote:

Check QR skewers tight, bit of lube on the skewer, align brakes, check pads, check disc rotor bolts (although unlikely), check wheel bearings. Is it both wheels or just one?

Seems to be both. I did just read that it could be that the skewers are too tight? I do tend to do them up to within an inch of their life, so I'll try that.

I have no idea about disk breaks, any pointers on how to adjust/align them? Thanks.

Could try slackening off skewers then tightening them up again. RE brakes: Loosen off the bolts holding the calliper to the frame so that the calliper can move - squeeze brake levers as far in as possible. While squeezing the levers tighten up the bolts.

Thanks very much, appreciate it. Will try tomorrow.

leeo666

jamski would u be able to let us no how this goes as i seem to have the same problem on my rockrider 560 only just started only 2 months old and i to tighten my skewers up to tight

jamski

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19682386#p19682386]leeo666[/url] wrote:

jamski would u be able to let us no how this goes as i seem to have the same problem on my rockrider 560 only just started only 2 months old and i to tighten my skewers up to tight

Noise seems to have gone. Have loosened them slightly. Bike has also been services be the front when replaced as it wasn't true. Spokes seemed strange and they just swapped it over. So not exactly sure what solved it but it has gone.