Very annoying uni-problem



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henque19

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Hi everyone!
My very first post here, so my name is Henrik, im from Sweden and ive
been uniing for 7 monts, muniing for 4 months.

Right, my problem is:
Every time I pedal with my right foot the uni creaks and i can feel
something jiggeling somewhere.
Ive checked the spokes, nothing wrong with the outermost crossing. The
cranks are ok, ive had them on loose, really tight, swapped sides: no
change (more like change to the worse..).
Other pedals didnt help.
Dunno what else it can be, anyone has got any ideas?

Ive got the old KH-hub, 170 cranks, nimbus 29" frame, standard
bmx-pedals.

Please help me, im going insane!!!


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sounds to me you prob damaged your bearings. either from a drop, or over
tightening your bearing cups.

remove the frame from the wheelset and by hand rotate the bearings and
see if it's them.

Other thing it could be is the bearings going on the pedals.


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A very wise unicyclist recommended a product available at auto parts
stores called Antiseize.

You can try some other grease on your pedal and wheel bearings, too.


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That's a very common problem on that setup. Best thing to do is take off
the cranks, put a liberal amount of anti-seize on the splines and
tighten both the crank bolt and the pinch bolt quite tight. Be sure to
put anti-seize on the bolt threads as well. This will sometimes
eliminate the noise. If not, it's not a big problem just ride!


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