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Found a trick to fix squeaky bottom brackets without pulling the crank
I had a customer's bike come in last week with a maddening creak every pedal stroke. After chasing it with grease and torque wrenches, I finally used a thin feeler gauge to slide between the crank arm and the frame near the BB shell. A tiny rock was wedged in there causing the noise, and pulling it out took 10 seconds. Has anyone else found random debris hiding in weird spots like that?
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claire99928d agoTop Commenter
Haha oh man I've been there way too many times. A tiny pebble in the wrong spot can drive you absolutely nuts.
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rubybarnes28d ago
And @claire999, tell me about it, I once spent an hour digging a piece of gravel out of my shoe on a hike.
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