Lubed the pulleys and the pivots. Chirp is gone. Thanks! D.G.
On Feb 12, 10:20 am, "Darin G." <dbg...@mac.com> wrote: > Will address the pulley wheels today and report back! > > D.G. > > On Feb 12, 2:31 am, ascpgh <asc....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I'm going with the pulley wheels. They have to rotate for a brief > > moment under a lateral load before the chain moves to the selected > > cog. Wear and/or lack of lube can create the situation for thatchirp. > > On a group ride last summer a rider had an intermittent suchchirpand > > disagreed on the pulley wheel, insisting it was deep trouble in his > > bottom shell. I pulled alongside him on his right and with his > > permission,squirted his pulley wheels with my water bottle quenching > > the chirps for the last six or eight miles. > > > ANDY > > Pittsburgh > > > On Feb 11, 2:32 pm, "Darin G." <dbg...@mac.com> wrote: > > > > Here's a puzzler in the spirit of "Car Talk" for the mechanical gurus > > > on the post. I get a very loudchirp(like a starling) when I shift > > > into the smaller cogs, and a continuous loudchirp(like a flock of > > > starlings) on the second smallest cog . Nochirpon the larger ones > > > or the smallest. I can't replicate it in my repair stand, but it > > > definitely seems to emanate from the smaller cluster. Cleaned and > > > lubed chain to no avail. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
