2 days straight of tearing down the bike and nothing is helping. All cables are stuck, no drivetrain connected, nothing loose inside the frame, linkage taken apart and regreased. At first i thought that the seatstay-rocker bearings was worn which made the seatstays have a bit of play in them, replaced the bearings and no more play, still that damn sound. Its not the wheel or cassette, double checked with different wheels, shock is all cleaned up and nothing is creaking there, HOW DO I FIX MY DAMN BIKE
by Hanneshh9
13 Comments
Stop smacking the bike on the ground 👍
Does it only do it when you smash it against the floor like that?
It might be brake rotor
Brake pads again rotors or pads rattling in the caliper. Grab rear brake then slam. Does it still make the sound.
Could also be cable housing rattling against the frame by the bottom bracket.
Are you sure it’s not just internal cables creating the noise?
try without the cassette
random guesses
dropper cable inside the frame
the spring on the shock moving
the cassette engaging when the suspension compresses
broken wheel bearing or cassete driver bearing
HG cassette bite or loose cassette on free hub
loose brake rotors
worn shock bushing
My guess is pads slamming into rotor. As someone said, grab the brake on the next slam. The metal clip/spring isnt always that stable when simulating rough terrain like that.
What are you hearing exactly? I can’t tell from the video.
Check you have enough preload on the spring
Imo you just wanted to flex your suspension hehe
Is it the shifter cable on the frame?
For sure after disassembling the other parts, you will know which one creating that sound.