For a quick fix without disassembling the part, you might try squirting some penetrating oil (WD-40) into the spot. Otherwise, remove the rods, lube them with a light coating of bike grease and reinstall. Make sure you put some Loctite on the set screw when you reassemble the part.
Dave On Jun 12, 8:23 pm, ejg <egi...@maine.rr.com> wrote: > Hi folks, > for quite awhile now I've been trying to figure out the source of some > creaking and squeaking. Today I figured it out. > It's the Bagman support for my Carradice Nelson. > While I like how the Bagman supports the bag I find the creaking and > squeaking pretty annoying. > Anyway, it squeaks and creaks where the stainless rods go into the > piece that attaches to the saddle. The bagman has a bit of flex at > this point. > The problem is worse when the bag is loaded, but is still there when > the bag is empty. > Any ideas for removing the noise. This week I am doing the trek across > maine and it'd be awesome to not squeak the whole way. > Just ordered the new Brand V boxy bar bag and it should be here in > time for the ride > > Thanks > EJG -- 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.
