My left M515 spud keeps creaking v annoyingly - smearing grease on the surface that makes contact with the cleat solves it for a day or 2, but it soon returns. Does anyone have this problem, and a solution to it other than regular greasing. Is tweaking the position of the cleat on the shoe likely to have any effect? Or increasing spring tension?
Cheers,
-Alex
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My left M515 spud keeps creaking v annoyingly - smearing grease on the surface that makes contact with the cleat solves it for a day or 2, but it soon returns. Does anyone have this problem, and a solution to it other than regular greasing. Is tweaking the position of the cleat on the shoe likely to have any effect? Or increasing spring tension?
It might not be from the pedal, it may be that the bolts in the shoe need tightened, I had that problem a while back. Then again, I'm the dosey git who hadn't thought about putting sealant in the rest of the shoe hole to make it waterproof until someone here suggested it, so you may be best not listening to me :-/
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My left M515 spud keeps creaking v annoyingly - smearing grease on the surface that makes contact with the cleat solves it for a day or 2, but it soon returns. Does anyone have this problem, and a solution to it other than regular greasing. Is tweaking the position of the cleat on the shoe likely to have any effect? Or increasing spring tension?
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My left M515 spud keeps creaking v annoyingly - smearing grease on the surface that makes contact with the cleat solves it for a day or 2, but it soon returns. Does anyone have this problem, and a solution to it other than regular greasing. Is tweaking the position of the cleat on the shoe likely to have any effect? Or increasing spring tension?
Cheers,
-Alex
Check your knee. :-)
hehe 🙂
Thanks for advice everyone - I shifted the cleat forward a bit (cos that foots bigger and it wasnt quite in the right place anyway), and I mentioned it in the LBS yesterday and they thought the pedal wasnt screwed into the crank tightly enough. So its had the giant spanner treatment and not creaked since. Not massive time for it _to_ creak though.
It will probably start again now I've said this :P