[Ice Bullit]

I have some creaking sound around the BB area and I was wondering what I should do with it. I was thinking the the BB is just dry and was wondering if greasing the BB threads would take care of it? Is there something in the BB its self that can be greased as well? I don't know if the BB is sealed or not, I am just assuming that it is. Thanks for any help

 

[SwisSlesS]

Splined cranks or no?

 

[Ice Bullit]

Splined

 

[Brian HCM#1]

Pull the BB and regrease the BB & BB shell, that should take care of it.

 

[SwisSlesS]

Originally posted by Brian HCM#1
Pull the BB and regrease the BB & BB shell, that should take care of it.

Yup, he beat me to it.

 

[Brian HCM#1]

Originally posted by SwisSlesS
Yup, he beat me to it.

It's because I'm smarter than you

 

[Ice Bullit]

Thanks for the info, I will give it a shot and let you know. I just need a BB tool now

 

[SwisSlesS]

Originally posted by Brian HCM#1
It's because I'm smarter than you

Um, no.

It's because you eat more sushi.

 

[Brian HCM#1]

Originally posted by SwisSlesS
Um, no.

It's because you eat more sushi.

That too

 

[SwisSlesS]

Originally posted by Brian HCM#1
That too

All that mercury makes you faster .

 

[Brian HCM#1]

Originally posted by SwisSlesS
All that mercury makes you faster .

And don't you forget that

 

[Matt D]

The splined interface can creak as well, so a bit of lube on there can help.

 

[fonseca]

Definitely check the splined interface too, make sure everything is properly torqued and greased, and also check your chainring bolts, pedal tightness, and any pivots in the BB area.

I had a creak that was driving me crazy, I thought it was the BB or BB shell, and after a lot of regreasings, teflon tape, etc I finally found the source, which was one of the chainring bolts. 100% properly torqued, but there wasn't enough grease on the bolt's sleeve, which was causing the creaking.

Aluminum frames really carry and amplify creaking sounds, hard to tell exactly where the source is.

 

[DH Dad]

Any problem with using a heavy duty axle grease, like is used for trailer bearings, for the BB threads/crank bolts/spline-crank interface? I would think that would hold up better for longer than MTB grease. Since we're not talking about pivots or bearings or headsets I would think this would be a better solution.

If I recall, David Turner actually suggested I use Axle grease on the main pivot of my DHR since even though I have to use Manitou Prep M on my RFX pivots and the smaller pivots on the DHR.