Jay, If shifting and gears work fine in friction mode but not indexed, the indexing must not be putting the derailleur in the proper location at the clicks. To get it correct adjust the barrel adjuster at the rear derailleur. You want the chain centered on the cog. Most likely if you look closely you will see it is off to one side of the other. You can also lift the rear wheel and turn the cranks to see if the chain is catching on the next larger cog but not fully shifting to it. If that is going on try turning the barrel adjuster in (clockwise) a quarter of 1/8th turn at t time till it stops (assuming rd is top normal and not rapid rise).
On the creaking, that can be hard to track down. If you are sure its coming from the crank / bb area, you might try pulling the cranks and reinstalling with a bit of grease on the bb tapers and bolts. Doing the same with the pedals may help. Others here will likely give you many other things to try. Chasing down creaks can be very exasperating. My sympathies for your plight, and bets of luck getting it silenced. On Sunday, November 24, 2013 6:07:51 AM UTC-8, Jay in Tel Aviv wrote: > > 2 annoying mechanical issues on my Sam Hillborne: > > > 1. Creaking - sometimes more, sometimes less, but dramatic enough to > be easily heard by someone riding next to me. Tried so far - tightening > chain ring bolts; cleaning, oiling and finaly replacing the chain; playing > with FD trim until cross-eyed, check BB for play. Next steps - replace > pedals, replace BB even though no play, ...? > 2. Rear shifting - indexed bar end shifter was skipping my favorite > cog (15T), so yesterday I replaced the cassette, thinking I had waited too > long to replaced the chain a few weeks ago. Now it's skipping all over in > indexed mode, both up and down. Tightening the cable (also recently > replaced) didn't help either so I switched to friction, which is of course > fine. I have nothing against friction, but I don't like it when things > don't work. In this case I'm commuting in traffic with a 40-26 in front, > so > for this terrain it's essentially a 1X9 and I want indexing. > > I don't have access to a Rivish LBS anymore, and no one I know around > here has ever seen a bar end shifters. So it's just you guys. > > Thanks, > Jay > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
