Just dropping in to say that greasing the expander wedge and bolt fixed the clicking I had on a quill stem bike of mine! It was clicking I heard when yanking on the wide bars near the ends, such as standing up and pedalling. It’s a singlespeed, so I used to hear that sound all the time…
On Thursday 3 October 2024 at 04:10:14 UTC+9:30 John Hawrylak, Woodstown NJ wrote: > Leah > > Have you considered dripping some Loctite into the sleeve and letting it > dry, as one of the posters suggested. I would think Blue Loctite but you > might reach out to him to verify the color. > > John Hawrylak > Woodstown NJ > > On Wednesday, October 2, 2024 at 2:28:03 PM UTC-4 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! > wrote: > >> Oh, no way was I that thorough. I had no idea I should do all those >> things. I wiped all the old goop off so the stem was shiny and smeared >> around fresh lube and then pumped the stem up and down. I need a mentor! >> Leah >> >> On Oct 2, 2024, at 1:44 PM, Ted Durant <tedd...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> When you say you "attacked that stem with a towel and fresh lube", does >> that mean you cleaned the stem, wedge, and expander bolt fully and then >> greased it all, reassembled, and put back in the bike? Did you also put >> some grease under the expander bolt at the top of the stem? Did you wipe >> out the inside of the steerer tube (the fork, where the stem inserts), as >> well? >> >> >> Ted "I hate clicks and creaks" Durant >> Milwaukee WI USA >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/uU_ZxeE0Pag/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >> >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1278721d-9f2a-4ca5-bc59-aa2b645a4992n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1278721d-9f2a-4ca5-bc59-aa2b645a4992n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e83d2b1a-a28f-4776-a2ff-5fc1d6d6c9e9n%40googlegroups.com.
