How To Silence A Creaky Mountain Bike | Stop Your MTB From Creaking
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Mountain bikes, being subjected to mud, grit, and dust, are unfortunately prone to developing creaks. If left unchecked, these can be enough to drive you to insanity. Luckily, Henry has a few top tips to help you hunt down and silence those annoying creaks on your MTB
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For creaks best solution are good headphones :)
I spent hours isolating a really annoying creak only to realise it was my knee.
WD-40
@@BrunoSilva-ki5sx a year late but... HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
@@BrunoSilva-ki5sx BHAHAHAHAHA! THAT'S A GOOD ONE
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I had a terrible creak from my Seat post to frame interface. Took it out thoroughly cleaned the frame and Seat post and installed with a thin smear of grease. Lovely, creak eliminated.
👍great video, got a ticking noise coming from my driveside cranket🤔even when light pedaling?
My rotors were squealing so I just sprayed some WD-40 on them, no noise now! 👌
*Don’t* try this at home
😆 you are evil!! Lmao
If it's not obvious to anyone, this is a joke... DON'T DO THIS EVER!😬
Brilliant
@@rupedog erm... 😕
👍
I had a really annoying creak on my trek fuel ex 8 in the headtube but only when I stand up and peddle pulling on the bars, i did all the usual cheaks pushing on a peddle off the bike because is normally the rear suspention not a sqweak! So I took my forks off cleaned the bearing cups and reassembled with anti sease and still happening! So I cheaked every bolt on my rear suspention and yes a main pivot bolt was dry and seased coursing the vibration to travel all the way up the down tube to the headset, now I can ride happy 😊
my hub is so loud that I don't even know if my bike is creaking XD
That's a good hack 😂
When you pedal yuo can hear the creaking sound
As per usual, perfect timing.
I thought I had a creak coming from my bottom bracket until I looked down and noticed it was my shoe rubbing against the crank arm.
Shoelaces clicking the crank can be annoying until you figure it out.
That's bad for your knee(s) as well
@@MarkJolley thank you :) you just solved my problem.
One that drove me nuts trying to trace turned out to be IRCC Command dropper post to frame interface... a full clean out, grease and massively over-torqued collar bolt sorted for a while. Gave up in the end and now run a Brand X Ascend...night and day difference and no cracking noises. Happy as Larry now
not first and what about the creak in my knees @ 56 years of age ;-)
Your pivot points in your knee need new grease
I've been pulling my hair out for a week chasing an annoying creaking with inconsistent symptoms, but today I found it. Tyre inserts when sealant is due a clean/ refill
Im getting a gnarly creak just riding over a speed bump. I installed new forks recently and have pinpointed that and got it figured out. Hit the jumps, and now ive got a loud creak coming from the mid to back end. Think its from the dirt getting in there. It's been a dry summer. Going to do a complete run thru of the bike
Great video!
Thanks, I really needed this. My headset creaks when compressing the suspension hard, especially when jumping.
It can also be some suspension forks, not the head set, telescopic forks need to have some play so that they can move up and down, and sometimes, they can creek
The theme reminds me of many GT Zaskar LE bikes where the bottom bracket always creaked because they were not properly welded in the USA. The mechanics always took the bikes to the back of the shop where nobody saw anything, then the seat post was pulled out and oil was poured into the seat tube. So the creaking was done for a few months. The Avalanche models, welded in Taiwan, did not know the problem.
Would that be the 2019 Avalanche? Cause there's a constant creaking in my 2019 Avalanche Comp that keeps freaking coming back no matter how many times I clean it, tighten it, grease it or take it back to the bike shop.
@@Gabriela-jc4pt No that was with the GT bikes in the 1990's.
But try it out after you have checked the bottom bracket, crank and chainrings first.
Doral industries bro.
😆 gt, cannondale,road master, schwinn,home appliances:) 🔥 🔥 lmaooooo. Worse than pacific lmao but atleast its pacific cycles...
@@Gabriela-jc4pt take her back and get the gt comp. Air fork and 1x. For reasonable cheap price. Under a grand.
@@d.mickeleit9719 b.b. or crank set for sure.
One of many that’s also rarely mention is spoke creak of which is currently a distraction from bike silence on My GT Zum 2.
Very use full video as always. Henry is so good for the channel. It took me ages to find an annoying creak that I was sure was my BB. Turned out to be the hub & cassette interface. 👍🏻
Also the interface between your frame and your derailleur hanger and between hanger and derailleur.
This must be some sort of coincidence.So Bought a new bb all great adnd good without the creaking ,after 100km it starts again the things I did to make it good were:lube my seatpost; trying different pedals; cleaning all the transmission of the bike;cleaning/lubing skewers and the problem was the rear derailleur bolt that fixes to the frame was not tight enough. Conclusion I went crazy with this creaking
Better safe than sorry
Biggest single cause of MTB creaks? KS Lev integra's that's what.
omg same haha
rusty2222 that bad?
@@lfsiuvagacwoi Tricky to cure. Copper paste is the fix, better design from KS is the answer.
@@rusty2222 how do you fix that?
No way!! really. I have a crazy creek I hope its that.
Least common place people check: bike post, and bike seat connection on the rails. I grease the rails gently for zero creaks.
Sometimes the seat gets wobbly inside, and you can't do anything, but I know what creaks, because I lubricate everything that can make that noise. Of course within limits of safety.
Also, use ears, and isolate where it could be.
Remove bike seat and ride without it, does it creak? Remove bike post, creaks? And so on.
Also stem that holds the bars can creak a lot. I lubricate using STP auto grease (all purpose), that cost like 4 bucks for a pound/half a kilo.
No point spending more on specialized bike grease.
It lubes everything from bearings, rear hubs, pedals, pedal screws, bottom bracket thread, bottom bracket hole, bar connections, seat post.
Mine turned out to be the Free hub needing a good cleaning. I hit it with WD-40 and kept turning it to get the oil deep in the mechanism. It worked. I needed to remove the free hub using a 10mm Allen wrench BEFORE hitting it with oil.
The most anoying was the breaking of the weld of my head tube
I played hunt the creak on my bike a few weeks back, it was defo coming from the drivetrain. After cleaning and regreasing bottom bracket, crank and chain ring, pedals, cassette and free hub I eventually discovered it was coming from my lower jockey wheel. Gave the bearing a good ol flush out with GT85, regreased and now my bike runs quiet as a mouse 👊
I got creaks coming from my brand new time pedals...both Mx and cc varients...can't be the bearings, got rid of the dirt, bolts titled plenty and greased + pre cleaned.
It sounds bearing related however, as it happens on both and they're basically new...my belief is that it's coming from the clips themselves...possibly as I'm using worn cleats...not much I can do short of replacing the cleats...I just put up with it 😊
My most annoying creak was on my current Boardman FS Team. Mine is the 2014/2015 model. My original cranks just would not stay quite. They creaked all the time. I actually lost count how many times I had the cranks off and the bottom bracket out. I greased, cleaned and re-greased them. They just kept creaking. The original cranks and BB were made by FSA. I don't remember the model but they did have 3 bolts holding the rings on. The only way I found to shut up the cranks and BB was to fit Shimano Deore cranks and Shimano BB. That cured the creaking. Only to find as I went for smaller rings there wasn't enough adjustment in the high direct mount front mech.
I had a loud chirp sound for weeks, only under load and coasting. I tried everything as a last desperate resort. I greased the spokes where they crossed ,it worked .
Ive also found a creak in the interface between derailleur hanger and frame. It was the last place i looked. It was literally the last place I *could* look.
What about csu issues with forks? Those are the worst creaks
Loctite 290 on the uppers. Leave bike upside down for 24 hours and let the Loctite seep in.
I’ve got movement in my stanchions on my dt Swiss forks I have to replace them now
Areeb Rides MTB try a seal and fresh wiper change, the fresh oil in the foams took out my play in my fox 34. 2019
Francesco Sergi it’s definitely movement from the upper crown because the stanchion is moving inside the upper crown where it’s pressed into if you know what I mean?
FPSkillerPC tried countless times on my 36, no difference
i had a creak coming from my lock on grips. i fully teared my bike apart but not the lock on grips took me around 4 hours to take apart, cleaning all the areas and regrease everything, but the creak was still there (i had my cockpit hanging down without removing the levers, grips and shifters). so i rode my bike for some more montah with the creaking and when i twas time to change the grips, tada, the creaking was gone.... this was the most weird creaking i had and it sounded like it came from the headset...
Seatpost and seatpost clamp is the major problem area for me. Dirt gets in there an it creaks and the noise travels trough the whole frame. Tough to locate. My solution was a new clamp without quick release( a dirty quick release is really loud and the torque is never perfect anyway) A simple clamp with a bolt is torqued perfectly and less prone to get noisy when dusty. Even better to cover the slot in the seat stay to avoid dust and dirt between post and seat stay.
Ive got this annoyig creaking noise that wont go away even after buying a new pedals. Thought that pedal was the culprit but its not .Thought it was the seatpost then so I splurged on a dropper post (I convinced myself that i need an upgrade there) but guess what? The creaking still there! Heading to the bikeshop tomorrow to ger it sorted.
On my bike the most common part to start creaking is the cassette where it sits on the freehub body splines.
I cleaned and greased the freehub body on my eMTB as well as the cassette but the noise is still there. Metal-under-tension like creak and sharp bang when under medium to hard load due to pedaling. Now I'm suspecting it might be the rivets keeping the largest cogs together on the cassette.
If my saddle rails are creaking where they join the saddle, I'll spray some WD40/GT85 down into the join, wait a while for any excess to evaporate and problem solved
I just pack the rails where they enter the saddle with grease, no more noise
That attracts so much dirt and in the end causes creaking
A light spray with WD40 is all it needs. Doesn't need grease.
WD-40 ,pedal springs and cleat bolt interface also.
I have an annoying creak whenever I sit on the saddle with any weight, and I think it might be the bolts connecting it to the post.
I had rattling noises coming from my 2018 Canyon Torque. I couldn't get it away so I sold the frame.
The problem were bushings at the yoke that were made too small - even after visiting the Canyon headquarter they couldn't get it away/didn't want to help me... this even is a known issue and Canyon won't do a thing about it. What a shame!
I btw switched every part to my new SC Bronson 2 frame and it's super silent when riding now :)
Great video. Super helpful. My creak ended up being my adjustable dropouts (loose) on my '21 Chameleon R (Raspberry Sorbet). Tightened em' up to specified torque after removing, cleaning, and greasing. BOOOOLT CHECK!! LOL. Thank you for posting these. Salud from the Beastcoast.
Yeti SB5 - Growibg creak over a month when only pedalled, changed bb and bearings twice and a headset for good measure, traced sounds as it still developed, tried saddle, rear wheel, chain ring and nothing, its currently awaiting a pick up back to crc for inspection after 3 months of no riding
I had an annoying creaking sound for several months. It always sounded like it was coming from my bottom bracket area while pedaling under a load. It was driving me crazy. I disassembled my sprocket and greased all the screws, I replaced my pedals, I replaced my chain, I replaced my cable router at the bottom of my bottom bracket, and even eventually replaced my bottom bracket. But each time I independently replaced a component the damn creak was still there! After all that I finally found the culprit. It was a loose rear derailleur hanger! Upon inspection I noticed that it was barely finger tight. I took it off, cleaned and greased it and put it back on. The creaking noise was finally gone.
Don't forget the spokes and nipples, WD-40 and tightening loose ones can be the problem. Also chainring bolts can loosen, antisieize or grease works.
I'd add the pedal-crank interface to the checklist, it tends to generate "clicking" noise when it is dirty.
Can you elaborate? Do you mean where the pedal goes into the crank arm? Cause that's exactly the problem I have, clicking at exactly 2 oclock on the drive side crank arm on every rotation. I have a GT Avalanche Comp 2019 and RF Chesters
@@Gabriela-jc4pt Remove the pedals and clean the threads then re-grease the threads. Worked for me.
Thanks for this tip, I have a click, and swap between flat and clip pedals regularly, re-grease the threads, but not cleaned the interface, so will try that.👍
@@Gabriela-jc4pt I had the same problem it drove me crazy for months the bike was in and out of my local bike shop but the click never happened when they rode it. Turned out it was the shoes I was wearing. The end of my laces had heavy duty plastic on the ends and when they were too long they would hit the frame as my right foot went round. Needless to say I felt dumb.
Worst i ever had was a steertube creeking in the crown of my marzocchi z5 back in 2000 or maybe The creek from the inners in the crown on my judy race back in 2001 ,eventually the rippt clean out! Daem!! Shit was bad back then😂😂
I'm trying to silence a creek in a chromoly 98 fisher hoo ko e koo. It has been this way for a few years, I just learned to live with it. I had the bottom bracket removed, re-greased and re-torqued by a reputable local shop a couple years ago. It ONLY makes noise after about 40 minutes into my ride. Dead silent before that. Does not seem dependent on ambient temperature. It only creeks on hard pedaling and only on the down stroke of my right foot. I am slowly going through the trouble spots. New shimano SPD pedals first since I needed new ones anyways. I have a chainring bolt spanner wrench incoming. I will remove and thoroughly clean, re-torque and loc-tite the bolts. Hopefully I don't need to remove the cranks.
Thorough and clear, and useful too as ever H.
As owner of Sram GXP...
...No creaks, means no ride ;)
But oval chainring 30/32 can be noisy as well under load.
congratulations on the new arrival Doddy 🥳
Ahh, the microspline. I just got it fixed after months of unsuccessful services both in and out of warranty. My bike sounded like a rocking chair
you can absolutely clean bearings. but if once cleaned it still doesnt go smooth you need to change it. this is because it just has some dirt in it vs the balls being actually damaged
Mayo on the downtube, works everytime 👌
Henry 1 things that makes a lot of noises in my experience are the jockey Wheels also.
My bike originally came with some without bearings and I replace them with bearing jockey Wheels to quiet them down because they were making so much noise
My seat creaks i just blast it with wd40 and i goes away for a couple days
Or you can disassemble the clamp system, clean it, reassemble to proper torque and not have to deal with it for a long time
S Transou its where the rails go into the seat not the clamp
Mountain Bike Addict yeah it happens on my boardman saddle
I watched this and it helped my bike Is silent all I can hear is my tyres on the floor thanks for the vidio
How did you read my mind, my pivot points have been squeaking lately 👀
SRAM XD free hubs do need a good application of grease on the threads, the cassette interface cut outs and the end of the body where it sits against the inside of the 10 tooth end of the cassette. Also grease inside both ends of the cassette.
Spraying silicone lube where the saddle rails meet the saddle works.
I had a creak due to some dirt in between the crossing points of two rear wheel spokes. It took me weeks to figure that one out. I even had the whole free hub disassembled cos I though the creak would have been in there.
my non drive crank arm. turned out the bolt was not pushing the crank arm in enough on the tapered square bb. had to file some parts down and improvised a washer made of aluminum, et voila, no more creak.
Idk why im watching this... I dont even have a mtb yet
R.I.P
I had got a terrible creaking on my former bike (Canyon). I had controlled so many things and I had already bought new bearing shells. Then I wanted to replace the bearing shells and it turned out that one bearing shell wasn't tightened enough.
Ayy Henry is back in the studio!
⚠️PLEASE HELP ME⚠️🙏
For a while now my Mongoose switchback sport has been creaking and I have no idea what it’s from. Btw I’m a beginner mtb and I don’t know much about them. Whenever I go uphill or stand up and apply pressure to my peddles it has this brain tickling creak. I have tried lubing my spokes and cleaning my entire bike. Does anybody know what else I could try. Could it be a loose crank maybe?
You missed a really annoying one. The hanlebar touching the stem. If its all dry and maybe not torqued properly it tends to creak. The best method to find it is apply pressure to one end ot the handlebar and immidiatly after to the other side.
Ive been riding my trouring/city bike on trails and it started creaking, guess ive been a bit too hard to it, but i cant help myself exploring when im commuting. I might need a Gravel or XC bike haha.
Nah after changing worn bottom bracket, still there was some annoyin creak when pedaling, at final i found it at the cassette, after installing new one the bike become smooth and silent. :))
Another very helpful video guys 👍
Glad to hear it Lee!
Press fit parts are the worst: fork crown / steerer and crank spindles can’t be serviced.
You forgot the seat post clamp area.
I've been having a creak that happens on hard pedaling which i found out was my chain! it was so annoying but once i lubed it again the noise went away. But it does keep coming back
How to quiet my "Thirsty Kirsty tires" from laughing 😂
shoot ive had some creaks from slightly bent cogs on my cassettes and from tacky coatings on outer cable housings.
I have a full suspension with a can creak back shock ironically it has started creaking
Maybe because it's over 5 years old
Got something on mine, think it’s pedal bushings.
My renthal fatbar 35 carbon lite makes a creaking noise it is in a renthal apex stem and it is set the the recommended torque setting (5nm) i have even tried using park tool assembly compound to no avail, any ideas? (The stem requires no gap on the bottom of the clamps)
Great video, thanks..... what is the brand bearing tool you are using at the end of the video around the 9:09 mark? can you add a link? thx again
why does the rear hub sometimes crack? even on a new bike!
The bolts from my rear brakes were squeaking that was hella weird lubed up and all gone
I can’t get my shimano BB80 out of the bottom bracket of my GT distortion. I’m looking at having to buy a new bike due to inability to find the bottom bracket link🙁
I have this creaky noise on my front suspension when i press down how could i fix this?
Are typical listed bike torque specs for dry or lubricated fasteners?
Good question. I would quess torque specs are dry values and adding grease will mess them up. But maybe nothing to worrt about..
In general mechanical engineering they are always given for greased fasteners.
For the components it does not matter cos torque is torque. But a greased fastener reaches the torque after some more thread pitches are screwed in. That does of course provide more safety.
Clip pedal-shoe interface can creak especially when worn (pedal bars or shoe sole), more so on bar type systems like crank bros or Time. Its where the bars contact the sole, especially if not a caged pedal that supports around the cleat opening
I just bought my first bike about 2 months ago at the age of 35. The first one I received the front wheel bearing always bad out of the box. So I exchanged. Took them a month to get me another and I have been riding for about 3 weeks to a month now and very much enjoying. New issue is I had a very loud squeal come from the pedal area but it stopped so I left it alone. Yesterday while peddling up a very small incline I had a pop like I just changed gears and since then any time I stand and pedal I have a pop and a creak coming from the pedal area again. The bike is only a month old and it hasn’t seen off road yet and it is carbon fiber. Anything info would help. I don’t want to go another month without a bike but I’m not sure where to go from here without exchanging it again. Thanks.
I ran out of KY jelly and used 3 in 1 oil instead, and ended up with triplets, Mrs said thank god you did not use WD-40!
What is that grease applicator tool you're using with the little red knob?
I was hoping for actual creak-hunting tips and techniques, not just "take it apart and clean it all anyway".
Even qfter a full thorough clean, i find the occasional creak or squeak thats impossible to find unless youre actively riding on it, and then it becomes dangerous to try and diagnose as you look at your back wheel and drive train while riding.
I've never had headset creak.. it's always way worse and it's fork csu creaking 😫
E agora que eu não sei,só sei pedalar seu moço!🇧🇷
I suffer from creaking between my clipless shoes and pedals (SPD system). Everything is old and worn out, but I need it to last a bit longer. I have tried many things to make it quiet, if you guys have any idea please let me know :)
Ich komme von deutschland und schau mir euere hilfreichen videos an weiter so
I had pedals creaking when pushing harder and thought that it was my bottom bracket. Noise would go away sometimes after riding in rain.
I just had to pull out the medals, clean and apply some grease... I did not have the knowledge neither the grease to put the pedals properly the first time.
It's the pressfit bb
My fork when you press it down you can hear fork oil what should I do
Is there any way to stop my bike from clicking when I’m not pedaling
Suppose to do that
@@ReyDodo no its not my fixed gear never did that
What I find messed up is people always grease outside of a sealed bearing... that's doing nothing
how do i know the size of the bottom bracket for my mtb without taking it apart and measuring it? are all mtb bottom brackets the same size? I own a 2010 norco scrambler 17"
They arent but I think yours is 68mm
What mini grease gun are you using
That's why I so love the finish line dry lube teflon stuff for the summer... magic for the chain.
mate: eh you need to lube your chain
me: hmm? take your hand out the glove and touch it :D
I had a very loud creak comming from my Headset (External Cup)
I knocked it out and put it back in with some grease and the creak was gone :D
Sometimes it's the split compression ring on the steer tube. As always grease and possibly reorienting that ring can help.. Derailleur rollers can squeak only while shifting. WD-40.
@@davidburgess741 I already checked it before and it was the lower cup.
And what's that about Derailler Rollers?🤔
I didnt wrote anything about it
I’d love to hear how you like the oval chainring on your reactor #askgmbntech
What causes unwanted creaks and noises?.. the mother-in-law.
I have a constant clicking noise coming from the front wheel area, haven't been able to get rid of it yet.
Check the spokes. I had the same on the rear. It was dirt in between the crossing and contact point of two spokes.
I have this problem on my brand new bike, no dirt between the spokes. My last bike did this as well and I never really figured it out. I started mountain biking just over a year ago, and both of my bikes do this, so it can't be to rare of a problem, but I can't find any solution online