I've had the same problem with MKS touring pedals, but I have to say after greasing them they are great pedals. Sometimes the BB will creak (or click) too if you haven't bathed the threads in enough grease. I even had a crank/chainring interface creaking problem, which drove me nuts and took me forever to diagnose, but applying a smudge of grease on the bolts and crank spider shoulders finally made it quiet again.
On Jan 28, 10:58 pm, "Robert F. Harrison" <rfharri...@gmail.com> wrote: > I guess I'm not alone. My new Quickbeam (circa 12/09) creaked, groaned, and > clicked a bit since I received it. Much of it seemed to do with with my > Brooks B-17 Special. All of my Brooks saddles have added a bit of noise till > they broke in a bit. Some of the rest I attributed to having a new bike. > > Over the course of the last few weeks it got worse so I started methodically > taking things off and making sure I'd greased them up before putting them > back: seat post, saddle rails, nuts and bolts, you name it, I greased or > oiled it. > > And that mostly worked until my S24O to Malaekahana. The ride there (60 > miles or so) was no problem. On the way back my QB starting creaking and > clicking to beat the band. I'd had a bottom bracket wear out on another bike > but this was too new! Still it felt pretty much the same, every revolution > I'd get a click I could feel through the whole bike, and then a bit of a > groan. Often that last bit was me. Sigh. > > By the time I got home I was pretty disgusted and thought I should have > gotten the Phil Wood BB instead of the "whatevahs." But at the time I just > couldn't drop another dime, what with Xmas coming up and all. So now I was > faced with the realization that I coulda, shoulda, di'nt. > > I thought I'd take one more dive into the bowels of the net to see what I > could find before pulling the trigger. I remember this from the description > of my MKS touring pedals: > > "They come with a "factory/assembly line adjustment," which isn't ultra > smooth." > > Okay, maybe its the pedals after all...I hoped. A bit more diving and I came > across this from bikeforums.net... > > Panthers007 seemed to be speaking to me when he wrote: > (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?576932-MKS-pedals-are-noisy-... > ) > > The problem with them is you didn’t open them up and clean them and grease > them. A pedal-overhaul is needed before you put most new pedals – especially > with loose bearings – on the bike and use them. > > I hear this complaint all the time regards MKS pedals. And it’s NOT your > fault. Overhauling pedals is a dying art. One I’m trying to resurrect. > > Okay, I figured, pulling the pedals apart has got to be easier than changing > a BB...or at least cheaper since I didn't plan on doing the former myself. > > And... > > It is really quite easy, even someone with lots of thumbs. Just do it over a > bowl. A big bowl. > > Once I got the pedals open I realized there was really next to no > lubrication at all in there. I fixed that in short order and put everything > back together. > > I didn't get a chance to ride to check things out till today (I did the > pedals on Tuesday and rode another bike yesterday). I just came in from a > two hour ride and my QB is... > > SILENT > > It's hard to believe that just a dab of grease inside a the pedals can make > such a difference. Now everything, and I mean everything except the panting > of the rider, is quiet and smooth. Somehow the vibrations in the pedal must > have been plucking strings all over the bike as it were. > > I really do mean the sounds literally seemed to come from everywhere. Mostly > the BB and seat post, but everywhere else too.. Now...nothing. > > The moral of this story seems to be that if you have MKS pedals (at least > the touring version) and you have unexplained noises, clicks, creaks, and > groans besides your own, tear down the pedals and grease those bearings. > > I'm sure lots of folks already know this, clearly the information was out > there, but I didn't and now I do. > > My QB is now perferct. :-) (Well there a few bags I want....) > > Aloha from the suddenly quieter city of Honolulu! > > Bob > > -- > Robert Harrison > rfharri...@gmail.com > statrixblog.statrix.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
