Squeaking on Silvio 1.5 - suggestions ?

[ratz]

luminum, aluminum oxide, paint... it all degrades and it's the debris accumulating under the clamp

Very wise statement.

 

[hoyden]

LOL just leaving room for people to disagree without offending

That can be a tricky space to shoot for.

My takeaway is when the fork tube wiggles in the bearing then tighten the star nut inside the top of the fork tube.

 

[hoyden]

those boom clamps can be torqued correctly and yet still squeak.

Oh goody. Another thing to check!

 

[ratz]

Oh goody. Another thing to check!

Well another way is to use one of these so you can't hear it.
https://www.amazon.com/Scosche-BTBTLGY-Weatherproof-Wireless-Portable/dp/B00CHKRLQC

 

[hoyden]

And yeah, check everything!

I had a binary choice yesterday afternoon; ride or work on bike...hmmm...I think I need to collect more creak data...ride that sucker. When the bike creaks I can feel it in the bars and the sound seems to originate in the boom/slider.

My creaks are usually due to boom clamp issues.
There's never anything visible, but after all of the parts are disassembled, cleaned, lightly lubed (I use spray-on furniture polish)
and reassembled: No more squeaks.
Good luck!

When I get round toit, first I will disassemble the slider/boom and clean and lube parts. Maybe this weekend, although the weather looks very conducive to collecting more creak data.

 

[hoyden]

Well another way is to use one of these so you can't hear it.

That's a thought, fasure. Maybe I should have opted for a hub dynamo. The bike as currently constituted can subsist on a few batteries for lights, GPS, HR monitor.

 

[hoyden]

it's the debris accumulating under the clamp
that allows slight movement of the clamped parts.

Yesterday's creak data collection run was preempted by rain so I took the boom off and cleaned the parts with Pledge; it was as close as I could get to furniture polish. Put it all back together and no squeaks on today's ride.

Thank you, MrSteve.

One of the joys of riding Silvio 30 is how quiet the ride with only wind and tire noise.