Ron - You sure you don't have this backwards?
Was trained to _always_ grease bolt threads. And mechanic sensei's were always divided on the greasing of the square taper. Many feel that since it's a press fit and not likely to bind, you can apply too much torque to the bolts and swage the square taper open to the point where it will bottom out. I have seen this, but the cranks were very, very cheap. As far as the general creak - I've written this before in a few different lists over the years, but, in descending order: - Remove/regrease/reinstall pedals - Remove/regrease/reinstall seat post - Remove/regrease/reinstall crank arms - Remove/regrease/reinstall bottom bracket - Remove/regrease/reinstall stem & handlebars On the ghost shifting while indexing: Since it works in friction mode, it is likely not a cog/chain issue. Since it is shifting rather than skipping, it is likely an alignment issue. Since it is doing it in one specific gear, I'd tend to suspect either a bent der. hanger or debris in the loop near the RD. You can eyeball the RD hanger from the back of the bike (easier if you slacken the cable and remove the RD). Since you have the cable slack, you can slide the rear housing forward and sluice cleaner through the housing. Then a light or no lube. Then replace. (I probably would just replace the cable...) hope that helps, - Jim -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
