help!

Im no maintainence guru, infact my methods are quite rash so probably
not great for advice. Are your bearings to tight tho, sorry i mean
bearing housings, you may have squashed the bearings, i used to get a
popping feeling at the same point on the downstroke of my right pedal
and i learnt that this was from overtightening.

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I just checked, that isnt the problem, i am pretty sure it is a problem
with my crank. Does anybody else have an idea of how to fix it, or am i
going to have to order new cranks? I wouldnt of thought that the cranks
would wear out after a week.

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first what kind of uni do you have? the same thing happend on my torker
DX after a week and turned out that the cranks need to be tightend. what
kind of cranks?mine were splined.

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the coterless cranks that came with the Yuni 29", they are 150mm

I tightened the nut as far as it can go, but I still get that popping
feeling. Maybe the square thread has been smoothed out in the crank,
but it shouldnt have done this after a week! I am going to eventually
get 125 mm cranks, but I have to use the 150s for a while, and they
should not be broken after a week.

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If the cranks threads are rounded (which doesnt make sense after a
week), and I get new cranks, what tools do i need to bring with me on
rides to make sure i dont ride with loose cranks.

but the threads might not be ruined, does anybody else know what may be
wrong with the cranks?

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Have you checked the pedal? I know this sounds dumb, but I've ran into
a bad pedal when I thought it was a crank.

And in other news, when you're not riding, try to push and pull your
crank with your hands as hard as you can. Sometimes it may feel tight
until you really "crank" on it.

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siafirede said:

*My left crank on my unicycle is making a poping noise, and i can feel
it on my left foot. I felt it while riding today, and i stopped and
saw that my crank was loose, so i stopped riding. I went home to
tighten the crank, and i tightened it, but that didnt fix the popping
noise/feeling on my left foot. It is on tight, but i still feel this
weird popping on my left foot every rotation. These cranks are only a
week and a half old, actually the whole unicycle has only been used
for a little over a week. Does anybody know how to fix it or what is
wrong? *

That is so weird. About the same time after I got my Torker CX the left
crank started doing about the same thing only no popping. It just got
loose and fell off when I stopped.

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siafirede said:

*If the cranks threads are rounded (which doesnt make sense after a
week), and I get new cranks, what tools do i need to bring with me on
rides to make sure i dont ride with loose cranks.

but the threads might not be ruined, does anybody else know what may
be wrong with the cranks? *

Paco is right it could well be the pedal, I have also experienced [censored]
pedals. if the crank is on tight then theres not alot else that can go
wrong which would simulate the feeling your recieving from it.
Get yourself a 'cool tool' or similar for the trail with a crank nut
sized socket, Mike Hinson told me that i should use a torque wrench to
fully tighten the nuts because a 'cool tool' isnt powerful enough. he
was surprised to find i'd cranked them up to 40 (whatever u measure it
in) already...

Hmm i cant find the link to a 'cool tool' can youstill get them?

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I switched pedals, and yes it was the pedals fault. Which is weird b/c
they are basically brand new Odyssy Twisted metal pedals. I put back on
the plastic ones that came with it and i didn thave any problems. The
cranks still get a bit loose after a little riding though, so i am going
to need a tool for the road. Anyone have a link to the "cool tool" that
the above poster was talking about, or something similar/better.

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its made by gerberblades - www.gerberblades.com, havent checked out this
site yet. i got mine through unicycle.uk.com but i dont think its on
thesite anymore, jst try a search for 'gerber cool tool' in your fave
search engine and see what shop sites you get back from it.

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siafirede said:

*I switched pedals, and yes it was the pedals fault. Which is weird
b/c they are basically brand new Odyssy Twisted metal pedals. I put
back on the plastic ones that came with it and i didn thave any
problems. The cranks still get a bit loose after a little riding
though, so i am going to need a tool for the road. Anyone have a link
to the "cool tool" that the above poster was talking about, or
something similar/better. *

Loose pedals make a popping sound. On bikes that are always pedaled
forwards they tend to tighten, but on unicycles they get ridden
backwards a lot and can stay loose. The sound is made by the threads
clunking up and down. Put the new ones back on and crank 'em down.
Should fix the problem.

The other possibility is that the pedal bearings wern't made properly.
In the good old days when everything had loose ball bearings it was an
indication that there was either one too many or one too few balls in
the bearings. If too many the sound is made by one ball riding up on
another and slipping, if too few the sound is made by all the balls
shifting up and down with the pedaling pressure.

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This is very embarassing to admit, but if you put the wheelset in the
frame the wrong way, or have the seat facing the (like I did last week:o
) your pedals will start to unscrew themselves suprisingly quickly, make
sure it's all facing the right way.

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theamazingmolio said:

*This is very embarassing to admit, but if you put the wheelset in the
frame the wrong way, or have the seat facing the (like I did last
week:o ) your pedals will start to unscrew themselves suprisingly
quickly, make sure it's all facing the right way. *

ill second that, i only realised beacuse my right crank was twisted
quite a bit and it felt disgusting to ride with a staight right crank
and twisted left. In fact on my 28 last night it took a mile to get used
to undamged cranks,im used to (both now) pedlas twisting under my foot
and it compensated for that movement, so i found my foor pivoting on the
pedals.

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how do I know which way to face the frame?, does it matter how you put
the frame on the wheelset? I wouldnt think it would matter as long as
the seat is facing the right way....

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nope it shouldt really matter, i mean i cant see how. some frames have
slits in the top by the clamp which i would place at the back, but this
still wouldnt make difference for which way the frame sits.

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