Squeaking in boom area

Anyone having a creak or squeak in the boom area of their Silvio 2.0.I have a creak in mine under stress or when going up hill. I have all Allen bolts good And tight.also three flat tire in three days on front
 

Andrew 1973

Zen MBB Master
Noisescan be hard to track down...

...I had a creaking sound that I thought was my bottom bracket; my mechanic agreed and tighfened the BB, cranks.and pedals. The sound was still there. As it turns out, my rear skewer was worn out.

That said, grease and a torque wrench are good to have when going over your boom. I would lightly grease all sliding fittings and any bolts. If the bolts have blue LocTite on them, then just go with that - no grease. My boom on my Silvio v. 1 creaked a little until I gave every bolt a once-over.
 

Jeremy S

Dude
After adjusting my boom, I

After adjusting my boom, I heard some serious creaking during my ride today... but it went away on its own after a few miles.
 

scabinetguy

Well-Known Member
I had that noise

I found that the noise was do to my upside down installation of the tapered bearing sleeve on the front fork.
 

MrSteve

Zen MBB Master
Wheel?

There are a lot of parts in a wheel assembly.
Make sure that your drive wheel is true, tuned, lubed and undamaged!

-Steve
 

Drew

Active Member
I had a couple squeaks that

I had a couple squeaks that developed after 500 km. The first problem was the seat pan fit. This was corrected with rubber washers on the front bolts.

Next, I loosened every bolt on the front end along with the front skewer and pivot clamp. I lightly greased where I could (bolts, rear shock elastomer and front shock boot) and torqued the bolts again. The squeak is no longer there.

Before I did this work on the front end I had a BB clamp bolt shear off while I was riding. I noticed after my front derailleur jumped out of alignment as the BB clamp shifted. I may have over-torqued that one bolt so be careful and learn from my mistake.
 

Rod

New Member
I have heard a creek a few

I have heard a creek a few times on my Silvio 1.5, I did not see any info on what to torque any of the bolts. Does anyone know what that should be for the various bolts?
 

BentBierz

Well-Known Member
Drew said:
I noticed after my


Drew said:
I noticed after my front derailleur jumped out of alignment as the BB clamp shifted. I may have over-torqued that one bolt so be careful and learn from my mistake.
I love my torque wrenches. While assembling my Silvio 2.0, I am hard pressed to think of a fastener I haven't torqued yet. For frame fasteners that don't have a documented torque, I have a general purpose chart hung on my garage bulletin board that lists values for dry and lubed fasteners.

I'm sure some will call it unnecessary but I'm not working in a high volume bike shop where time is money and I tend to strong arm fasteners way too often...not something you want to do on a bike.
 

Ivan

Guru
Larry, what torque wrenches

Larry, what torque wrenches are you using and do you have a URL link to them?
 

Eric Winn

Zen MBB Master
Mental telepathy is one of my

Mental telepathy is one of my other talents but strangely it doesn't work with people's psychic turn signals...
 

thaddeus

New Member
Creak in Silvio 1



Here's my post on how I solved the creak in my secondhand Silvio 1.0, having first ensured that the BB clamps were correctly adjusted for my X seam (and not the first owner's):


http://cruzbike.com/creak-solved


Best of luck,

Warwick Dunbar
Melbourne

 

ratz

Wielder of the Rubber Mallet
Had the creaking front end on

Had the creaking front end on the Vendetta. Turned out it was a bad front Skewer. Put my spare CB provided one in and poof all golden. I like simple fixes.
 
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