Changed wheels and now a new clicking/Clunk sound
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Changed wheels and now a new clicking/Clunk sound
Postby GasCyclist » Tue Nov 13, 2012 10:02 am
Changed my stock wheels over to new Pro Lites. Now I am getting a noise when I stand up and put some power/pedal hard.
No noise while coasting or anything. Was thinking BB but the noise was not there before.
Something must have been affected when I changed the wheels over.... Any ideas? If more info needed just let me know what you need and I'll answer. Very strange.
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Re: Changed wheels and now a new clicking/Clunk sound
Postby ball bearing » Tue Nov 13, 2012 10:16 am
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Re: Changed wheels and now a new clicking/Clunk sound
Postby GasCyclist » Tue Nov 13, 2012 1:42 pm
I just thought this could would be a common thing, called the bike shop and said they would strip the bike down and reinstall everything for $180.... Kind of an extreme measure I think.
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Re: Changed wheels and now a new clicking/Clunk sound
Postby twizzle » Tue Nov 13, 2012 1:46 pm
...real cyclists don't have squeaky chains...
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Re: Changed wheels and now a new clicking/Clunk sound
Postby jbm » Tue Nov 13, 2012 2:05 pm
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Re: Changed wheels and now a new clicking/Clunk sound
Postby GasCyclist » Tue Nov 13, 2012 3:25 pm
twizzle wrote:Did you check the derailleur alignment after swapping wheels?
As a matter of fact I did notice when I went for a ride yesterday the gear changing was a little off. What should I be looking for re: derailleur misalignment?
Can you knock off the alignment after a wheel swap?
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Re: Changed wheels and now a new clicking/Clunk sound
Postby Crawf » Tue Nov 13, 2012 3:45 pm
The cassette positioning on each freehub body of each rear wheel may be slightly different, this would need re-alignment of the derailleur ever so slightly if that's the cause of the issue.GasCyclist wrote:twizzle wrote:Did you check the derailleur alignment after swapping wheels?
As a matter of fact I did notice when I went for a ride yesterday the gear changing was a little off. What should I be looking for re: derailleur misalignment?
Can you knock off the alignment after a wheel swap?
Twist the barrel adjuster on the derailleur to realign, remember to count the notch turns in case you make it worse, so you can reverse it.
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Re: Changed wheels and now a new clicking/Clunk sound
Postby GasCyclist » Tue Nov 13, 2012 5:11 pm
Crawf wrote:The cassette positioning on each freehub body of each rear wheel may be slightly different, this would need re-alignment of the derailleur ever so slightly if that's the cause of the issue.GasCyclist wrote:twizzle wrote:Did you check the derailleur alignment after swapping wheels?
As a matter of fact I did notice when I went for a ride yesterday the gear changing was a little off. What should I be looking for re: derailleur misalignment?
Can you knock off the alignment after a wheel swap?
Twist the barrel adjuster on the derailleur to realign, remember to count the notch turns in case you make it worse, so you can reverse it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkzvfCaIbyQ" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Makes sense. Will try and follow that YouTube clip. I guess worse case scenario it's off for a service anyways.
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Re: Changed wheels and now a new clicking/Clunk sound
Postby R12RT » Tue Nov 13, 2012 6:42 pm
Sounds silly. But...
Apart from the noise what are your first impressions on the new wheels?
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Re: Changed wheels and now a new clicking/Clunk sound
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Re: Changed wheels and now a new clicking/Clunk sound
Postby GasCyclist » Thu Nov 15, 2012 1:47 pm
Might have to call Bike shop for a quick gear alignment.
Wheels are true and silent. Noise is when I pedal with force and stand up on the bike... Also the gears are a little out of whack it seems from the wheel change.
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Re: Changed wheels and now a new clicking/Clunk sound
Postby macca33 » Thu Nov 15, 2012 2:44 pm
That may be the extent of your woes.
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Re: Changed wheels and now a new clicking/Clunk sound
Postby twizzle » Thu Nov 15, 2012 3:43 pm
Watch the video. If you feel confident, have a go. It's a heck of a lot easier than it looks, but if you screw it up and put the chain in to the wheel or the frame, it's an unhappy time... but this is usually done by over-confident people who think they know what they are doing.GasCyclist wrote:Might have to call Bike shop for a quick gear alignment.
You will need to back off the limit screws a couple of turns first, get the indexing right, then reset the limit screws. It takes about two minutes if you have done it before.
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Re: Changed wheels and now a new clicking/Clunk sound
Postby TDC » Thu Nov 15, 2012 4:38 pm
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Re: Changed wheels and now a new clicking/Clunk sound
Postby GasCyclist » Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:04 am
So getting that done on Monday as it was too late last night.
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Re: Changed wheels and now a new clicking/Clunk sound
Postby Crawf » Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:36 am
As soon as you step foot out of the LBS, get on the bike and give it a good cranking test.GasCyclist wrote:Just an update re the noise. Took it to my LBS checked the bike over completely including gear alignment and supposedly it's my Bottom Bracket which needs a quick service. A common problem supposedly, mind boggling how this just happened now when I changed my wheel.
So getting that done on Monday as it was too late last night.
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Re: Changed wheels and now a new clicking/Clunk sound
Postby GasCyclist » Fri Nov 16, 2012 11:59 am
Yeah will do. The LBS does lots of work on the bikes from my local cycling group so good person. Didn't charge me a cent to diagnose.Crawf wrote:As soon as you step foot out of the LBS, get on the bike and give it a good cranking test.GasCyclist wrote:Just an update re the noise. Took it to my LBS checked the bike over completely including gear alignment and supposedly it's my Bottom Bracket which needs a quick service. A common problem supposedly, mind boggling how this just happened now when I changed my wheel.
So getting that done on Monday as it was too late last night.
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