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Re: [ST] Theres a squeak!



well it turns out the lovely ride the other week with my son caused a few 
problems.
 The chain is stretched. The slack was causing the noise i assumed to be 
bearings. However there is play in the back wheel so i'll have to change the 
bearings there.
 Id only checked the chain the weekend before the ride out so i had 
discounted that but the ride with the extra weight seemed to have seperated 
the bearings, moved the hub and so the excess chain slack.
 Where is the grease nipple i wonder? The bikes history tells me that it 
wasnt heavily used before i got it. Ive doubled the mileage in a year that 
it did in three. and so i wonder if the problem lies with the fact that the 
grease has dried up and the extra weight on the ride has accelerated the 
issue.
 The maintenance chart tells me thatin the two year service the bearings 
should have been lubricated but as that was at 3000 miles i wonder if they 
bothered?

 On 6/28/05, iPat <pmdavies@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> 
> its from the front as far as i can tell and its definately when the
> weight is forward. Its not a break pad noise, more bearings being
> crushed really : (
> going to see the dr tomowrrow for a health check.....
> 
> BUT
> 
> driving home i rode with a guy with an 05! We stopped after a couple
> of miles and started talking. Hed had a 2001 model b4 and is in awe of
> the 05. Nearly sold it as he says its faster and whereas with the 01
> he rode the bike, he feels this bike rides itself - stay with me on
> this - the handling is in a different league, its a lot faster and
> generally top of the range. Riding behind it alowed me to admire its
> shape, im sold on it you know but wonder whether the ABS version will
> be a better buy.
> 
> I think with the hype and the increase in sales there will be a few of
> these on the market nearly new soon, saving on the depreciation value.
> Ill be looking to snap up one of them!
> 
> On 6/28/05, Matt Knowles <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> > If it sounds like the squeak is coming from the rear, I would suspect
> > it's the rear wheel bearing, and I would immediately stop riding it.
> > Your description sounds pretty close to what I heard a few miles before
> > the bearing seized, except I noticed it in corners, not when braking.
> >
> > Have you checked the brake pads?
> 
> 
> --
> iPat
> There is the urge that makes for conformity, and the urge to be free.
> However dissimilar these two urges may seem to be, are they not
> fundamentally similar? And if they are fundamentally similar, then
> your pursuit of freedom is vain, for you will only move from one
> pattern to another, endlessly. There is no noble or better
> conditioning, and it is this desire that has to be understood.
> 



-- 
iPat
There is the urge that makes for conformity, and the urge to be free. 
However dissimilar these two urges may seem to be, are they not 
fundamentally similar? And if they are fundamentally similar, then your 
pursuit of freedom is vain, for you will only move from one pattern to 
another, endlessly. There is no noble or better conditioning, and it is this 
desire that has to be understood.
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