I'm wondering how to reassemble the link: Dry? (i.e. no grease or anti-seize),
Blue LocTite? Red LocTite?
Can't find anything helpful at www.maverickamerican.com. They give you the
torque, but that's about all. Called the frame's builder, got some
advice...but I don't have anything close to a warm fuzzy feeling about it.
Asked a guy at the LBS that has the same bike and he said he uses LocTite - but
Blue because Red is so permanent. OTOH the thing definately had traces of Red
on it when I did the first disassembly. He also says that he disassembles,
cleans, and reassembles his MonoLink every 20 rides. Sounds high-maintainence
to me....
Brand new, my bike was really tight and perfectly quiet for about the first two
hours of riding and it was downhill from there on.
I torqued the bolts to spec, and it quieted down for awhile - only to get noisy
again after a couple days. Inspection revealed that the bolts were coming
loose again...so I took somebody's advice and used Red LocTite on them.
All was well for about a month...then a very small creak started.
Thunk I, "why keep tearing thing apart? Those cheesey bolts won't take that
much assembly/disassembly..."
So I dripped a little chain lube into that area. Beeeeeg mistake. The
creakfest started immediately. *Major* creaking going on there...I could even
feel it through the handlebars - every stroke, and I didn't even have to get out
of the saddle. People were *staring* as I rode by. Thought the frame had
cracked.
So, now I've taken it apart again; cleaned everything off; and am ready for the
(final?) reassembly.
But it doesn't look to me like it SB totally dry - especially those 4 collar
washers that seem to be a sacrificial interface between the unit and the frame.
Anybody been here before?
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PeteCresswell