chain squeak, but really?

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Okay, new chain, new cassette
Chain oiled to buggery, but still i am getting, what sounds like the
familiar chain squeal on gear change.
Logic says its the side plate lubrication, but i really can't put any
more oil on. I even didn't wipe it off just to see.
So now I'm thinking it is something else... but what?

cheers,
Mike W

"visionset" <visionset@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:fa090702-bdd7-4f3f-ad1f-a1e5a581e51a@79g2000hsk.googlegroups.com...
> Okay, new chain, new cassette
> Chain oiled to buggery, but still i am getting, what sounds like the
> familiar chain squeal on gear change.
> Logic says its the side plate lubrication, but i really can't put any
> more oil on. I even didn't wipe it off just to see.
> So now I'm thinking it is something else... but what?
>
> cheers,
> Mike W

Have you stripped, cleaned & lubricated your jockey wheels?

David Lloyd
Time flys when you're having fun.
Your luggage flys only after you've left Terminal 5.

On 30 May, 22:17, "David Lloyd" <dldl11...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> "visionset" <vision...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>
> news:fa090702-bdd7-4f3f-ad1f-a1e5a581e51a@79g2000hsk.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Okay, new chain, new cassette
> > Chain oiled to buggery, but still i am getting, what sounds like the
> > familiar chain squeal on gear change.
> > Logic says its the side plate lubrication, but i really can't put any
> > more oil on. I even didn't wipe it off just to see.
> > So now I'm thinking it is something else... but what?
>
> > cheers,
> > Mike W
>
> Have you stripped, cleaned & lubricated your jockey wheels?
>
> David Lloyd
> Time flys when you're having fun.
> Your luggage flys only after you've left Terminal 5.

I guess it's the only thing it can be, but I'll be amazed if they make
that noise. Still I'll do it in the morning, of what promises to be a
bazzing day. Surely Britain will be full of cyclists tomorrow. Light
winds, warm & dry. It's been a long time. Personally planning 60 miles
round the white peak

Cheers,
Mike W

visionset wrote:
>>> Okay, new chain, new cassette
>>> Chain oiled to buggery, but still i am getting, what sounds like the
>>> familiar chain squeal on gear change.
>>> Logic says its the side plate lubrication, but i really can't put
>>> any more oil on. I even didn't wipe it off just to see.
>>> So now I'm thinking it is something else... but what?

>> Have you stripped, cleaned & lubricated your jockey wheels?

> I guess it's the only thing it can be, but I'll be amazed if they make
> that noise. Still I'll do it in the morning, of what promises to be a
> bazzing day. Surely Britain will be full of cyclists tomorrow. Light
> winds, warm & dry. It's been a long time. Personally planning 60 miles
> round the white peak

Jockey wheels can squeak loudly, but if it was the jockey wheels squeaking,
I would expect them to squeak all the time you are pedalling, not just when
changing gear. But maybe it could be something to do with them afterall.

Have a closer look at everything, lube the jockey wheels and derailleur
pivots, and checking the chain for stiff links.

~PB

On 30 May, 23:36, "Pete Biggs"
<p...@pomegranateremovehighlyimpracticalfruitbiggs.tc> wrote:

> Jockey wheels can squeak loudly, but if it was the jockey wheels squeaking,
> I would expect them to squeak all the time you are pedalling, not just when
> changing gear. But maybe it could be something to do with them afterall.
>
> Have a closer look at everything, lube the jockey wheels and derailleur
> pivots, and checking the chain for stiff links.
>

Well that's fixed it anyhow, I did strip the chain as well, so could
have been either. JWs certainly didn't look like they needed such
treatment. Next on the agenda...

Cheers, Mike W