Bottom bracket or wheel bearing?
Hi, I have a creak coming from bottom bracket area, it happens when put the non drive side down with force. If I pedal with little power it is fine, or free wheel, but when put the power down it creaks, and only on non drive side. I have changed the BB and it is still happening. Someone has mentioned that it could be rear wheel bearing, but I wouldn't haver thought with the rest of the symptoms this could be the case, Can anyone on here advise?
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Can you swap out the wheel to test maybe ?
Were your bike symptoms the same?
How would I check the spindle?
once you have ascertained if its bearings or not then you can pop your wheel back in to check for the other stuff.
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
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Cool, will give that a go later. Sorry if seem dumb about not knowing that could try it on shimano wheel, still bit a novice to this all and so much to learn tech wise
no worries dude - pleasure to help any time.
anything you need just shout.
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
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HAHA I've been driven mad on occasion only to find out its the front skewer or a bit of dirt in there.
Same here, I was certain it was the bottom bracket area for some years, only to find its the freehub bearing on its way out. The creaking/clicking would go if I tightened up the rear wheel skewer which was I big hint that I missed.
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Ah, now this has happened when I tightened up the rear skewer before, which has me thinking it might be rear wheel. Is there any way to confirm this?
Bizarre why only happens when putting down the power and on the non drive side only
I've had saddle rails and seat posts causing creaks. Worth removing, cleaning and greasing as it costs nothing (provided you have some grease already)
Could try a different rear wheel.
Are you left handed/footed? My creak only happened when pressing with the right foot, I'm right handed but still can't understand.
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Nah, happens both standing and seated.
Going try with another rear wheel to check, when it stops blowing a gale outside!
You can certainly inspect them by hand, feel how free they are. I know that before my freehub bearing went, it wasn't as free and smooth as I thought it should be. You need to rotate the wheel both on the axle and also the freehub around the axle. Odds are that if a bearing is on its way out, you'll be able to feel it.
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De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honour
While the chain is off you can spin the crank to listen to the bottom bracket too.
Could be this,
Try riding left handed, this will clear it up.
Spin the spindle instead with the wheel held still, this will show up any roughness much better due to the much lower moment of inertia. If you spin the wheel the greater moment of inertia will mask any roughness in the bearing.
Now dip the lot in grease and reassemble.
Finally, chuck the lot in a skip.