creaking bottom bracket

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Whenever I put a moderate amount of pressure on the pedals while cycling,

a

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creaking sound from the bottom bracket area is heard. Initially, I

thought

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it was a loose chain ring bolt - so I took the chain ring apart and re-greased all the bolts and
nuts and the creaking is still heard. I originally had a dura ace bb, however, I did not like how
the bb shell filled with water during each rain ride. So, I removed the dura ace bb, cleaned the
threads inside the bb shell and installed a new ultegra bb.

The

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creaking is still heard. What am I missing? If there was some grit left over in the threads -
could that be causing the creaking? Is there

special

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grease for titanium frames to stop the creaking? Could I not have the bb

on

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tight enough? or too tight?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated - thanks

You want a ti-anti-seize product. On ANY bolt or threaded item that goes into that frame. Otherwise,
things can literally weld themselves in place, or, like you noticed, creak like mad.

Something like Finish Line Ti-prep works, although i'm sure there are cheaper non-bike-specific
products that do the same thing. lickbike.comi2846050.htmOpen ↗ (I just googled, you may find
it cheaper than that)

Jon Bond

bl-<< so I took the chain ring apart and re-greased all the bolts and nuts and the creaking is still
heard. I originally had a dura ace bb, however, I did not like how the bb shell filled with water
during each rain ride. So, I removed the dura ace bb, cleaned the threads inside the bb shell and
installed a new ultegra bb. The creaking is still heard. What am I missing? >><BR><BR>

Prep frameset BB shell, grease into the shell and inside the left cup, tighten tight. Grease onto
the splines, grease onto the chainring bolts. Could be tyour pedals as well..

Any grease or as another said antisieze, but good grease will work as well..

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FWIW, I've been fooled by handlebar/stem noise a few times, thinking it was the BB clicking. This
has happened mainly with TTT Sintesis stems that have an internal cone as opposed to a sliding wedge
for tightening. Anyhow, it's easy to check, clean & grease before you get into wrestling with a BB.

Mike Yankee

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Get a canister of Kandall Blue Lithium grease. Put the BB in the grease thats right. Now pull it out
, don't wipe it. Grease frame BB shell from opening to opening. Now install BB. It works everytime
and your BB will last longer. I've installed 6 0r more BBs in their frames this way with never a
sound from them or the frame. And when BB is removed for whatever reason it looks like new and easy
to remove. Make sure never to get thiis grease on carpet, cholthing, ect. You will never be able to
remove the stain.

Fire up MTB 03

oops said:

Whenever I put a moderate amount of pressure on the pedals while cycling, creaking sound from the
bottom bracket area is heard. Initially, I filled with water during each rain ride. So, I removed
the dura ace bb, cleaned the threads inside the bb shell and installed a new ultegra bb.

Are you sure it's the BB? Even if you can feel it in your foot, it may be, for example, the pedal.
My pedal was squeaking this morning, and started ticking later...

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Rick Onanian