KH clicking sound



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I have this clicking sound in my KH24 when I ride with a bit of power.
When I have almost all my weight on the seat there is no sound, but when
I put more weight on the pedals, the sound becomes clearer and
clearer.
My cranks are very tight, so I have ruled out that, my pedals are tight
so if it is something wrong with them it must be inside them.

What can it be:

- Wheel needs truing
- Bad bearing
- Bad pedal
- Something else


And something else, the "cap" that is between my crank and frame, almost
covering the hole for the bearings. Should this cover it completely so
no mud gets in there, because mine doesn't

Thanks for all the help


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clicking sounds with kh24s seems to arise quite often...

i think i recall someone saying that if you hear some funny sounds you
should check to make sure that your spokes are tight. just a thought.

-grant


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I've had the same thing, do you feel it through your pedals? I get it
sometimes when thrashing over this rough ground when I'm just about
stood up the whole time. It's not really an issue the rest of the time.
Grease may be the answer. Or my intitial thought was bearings, but I
really have no idea.


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I rode with Kris H. last week at Venice and my KH was making horrendous
sounds that I wrote off to having Muni'ed through several creeks the
previous weekend. Kris thought it was the bearing caps that screw into
the bottom of the frame (too tight), but that wasn't so. I had to do
what was suggested earlier on in this post--pull the cranks, clean and
grease everything and reassemble--something I hadn't done in 3 months.


Some folks claim that greasing is not advised, but if you grind through
streams et al, like I run into here in the Santa Monica mountains, a
little bit of grease can help.

JL


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There are several areas that the creaking can come from.

Pedals
Cranks
Bearings
Spokes

If it is a pinging sound as said, it could be the spokes. A creaking
sound is likely the splines/cranks. Instead of using grease, try
ant-seize. Anti-seize works as a lubricant, but is less likely to be
squezed out under pressure.


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Use antiseize. It's better then grease for high pressure applications.
Here are some instructions from JC
>
> Go to an auto parts store like NAPA and get some anti-seize.
> Anti-seize is fancy grease with metal flakes in it that is designed to
> lubricate in high pressure applications. It's about $8 for an 8 oz
> jar. That 8 oz jar will be enough to last you a lifetime.
>
> Remove the cranks from the hub
> Put some anti-seize on the splines, covering all surfaces where the
> crank comes in contact with the hub
> Remove the two bolts on each crank
> Put some anti-seize on the threads of all the bolts
> Put the right crank on and get the axle bolt snug but not super tight
>
> Put the left crank on and get the axle bolt snug but not super tight
>
> Tighten the axle bolt on the right crank
> Tighten the axle bolt on the left crank
> Now tighten the pinch bolts on each crank
>
> Putting anti-seize on the bolt threads will allow you to get those
> bolts much tighter than you can when the threads are dry or
> unlubricated. With the bolts tightened this way there should not be
> any play in the cranks.
>


It came from this thread:
http://tinyurl.com/3h7j7

I did this almost a year ago and I haven't had any problems. I also had
my spokes tentioned. Even though they were not creaking, they were
loose.

Daniel


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it clicks? hmmm, i'm having a similar problem, but with my mouse, you
see when ever i try to press a button on the interent, my mouse clicks.
Any tips for how to get rid of that problem lads?


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