Orange Five creaking??

[gerrym]

My 2013 Orange Five is creaking badly by the end of almost every ride. I grease and lube everything before each ride and its quiet, but an hour into the ride and its at it again. Anyone else know anything about this?

 

[clockworked]

My 2013 Orange Five is creaking badly by the end of almost every ride. I grease and lube everything before each ride and its quiet, but an hour into the ride and its at it again. Anyone else know anything about this?

do you loctite the bolts after tightening? they could be coming loose through the ride

 

[shwinboy]

I had one of the older Orange sub 5s. It had a mystery creak. Tuned out it was the deraileur hanger. Had to tighten , grease and use a good shimano squewer to eliminate it.
Other Places mysterious sounds come from.
Grease the through axel threads if you have one of those out back.
Lube where the cassette interfaces with the free hub.
Tighten the cassette lock ring.
Lock tire your swing arm bolts.
grease your pedal threads. People often overlook the pedals.

 

[moorey]

Are you sure it isn't seat or stem? Those old chestnuts catch a few out.

 

[G.B]

Are you sure it isn't seat or stem? Those old chestnuts catch a few out.

When you say stem, do you loctite all bolts, grease them or grease the contact faces between stem and handlebar?

 

[Steve-0]

If it's a threaded BB then take it out, clean the threads and re-grease. I find this to be the main culprit to all my squeaks over the years.

 

[ChopSticks]

the contact faces between stem and handlebar?

make sure you have an even gap top and bottom on the stem....

 

[moorey]

I loctire nothing. Never. Ever. Nor do I grease threads that people bang on about. I keep things clean and tight, and never have the issues people seem to get:noidea:

 

[XYGTHO]

Also check your pedals. Remove, grease threads and reinstall. I had a dry pedal thread that would do this. After eliminating everything else lol

 

[gerrym]

Thanks Guys, I'll strip it tomorrow and give it all a grease. Bit unsure about the loctite thing, but when i think about it the derailleur screws do losses quite easily.

 

[boysik]

Are you using a Hope rear hub? Either QR or bolt thru?

If so try pulling the the hub end caps off and putting a little grease under them where they sit on the actual hub axle....

 

[gerrym]

Na, I've got a DT Swiss tricon at the back, and its a sealed bearings so it's not that. I'm suspecting my cassette or deralliuer hanger.

 

[Wombatone]

Nobody should have a creaky bike.
Surprised no one mentioned it , but change your Fox Forks over to a different brand, never had a creak since.

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[gerrym]

Think I got it, the QR as a couple had suggested. DT Swiss basic skewers coming loose the longer you ride. Apparently XT or XTR, or DT Swiss RWS should sort it out.

 

[Iainm]

When they're talking about loctite they mean this stuff - Loctite 243 Threadlocker
It's really easy to use and sets in about 10 minutes. I've used it on all my shock bolts, stem bolts, rotor screws etc.

You might want to check the seat post / seat tube interface - bit of grease here might help.