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Wheel question!!

  • 11-03-2010 8:29pm
    #1
    acia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39 ✭


    Hi hoping someone can help me with this, my partners bike is making a clicking noise when moving, he was told by guy in repair shop that he needs to replace the wheel on the bike but as money is a bit tight he was wondering if its possible to just replace the ball bearings for the wheel and if this would be cheaper??

    Thank you!


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  • #2
    xz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,178 ✭✭✭xz


    is it the back wheel? and only clicks when he is NOT pedalling, if so, this is quite normal. It is the pawls in the hub, some click heavier than others, and some dont make much of a sound at all, normally because they have too much grease packed in them.

    Pawl
    A spring-loaded part that engages a set of teeth when moving in one direction, but slides over them when moving in the other direction. The pawls in a freewheel make a ticking sound when a bicycle coasts. Most freewheels have two or three pawls.


  • #3
    Tackleberry
    Closed Accounts Posts: 253 ✭✭Tackleberry


    It could be a number of things such as cranks, bottom brackets, headset etc but assuming the bike shop guy is right about the wheel it comes down to a question of cost benefit for the mechanic - if the wheel is clicking it would more likely be a poorly tensioned spoke or two (or three).

    The bearings could certainly need a regrease or a replacement and that would be very cheap, but I wouldnt have thought they would cause a clicking sound.

    The spokes could either be retensioned or replaced and then the wheel would need retruing.

    This comes neatly back to the main issue - if your wheel is worthy of such attention from a busy bike mechanic - financially speaking.

    Depending on the value of your wheel, a cheap wheel will throw up these problems, and it would make more sense to replace it than pay a mechanic to patch up a low quality wheel, obviously if its a decent wheel it'll be worth it.

    If you can do it yourself by far the best / cheapest option would be doing it all yourself!


  • #4
    acia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39 ✭acia


    Thanks a mill for replies have passed them on to himself. He uses bike daily to bring our son to school I think I'll make him get a new wheel than to go messing about with wheel himself god knows what he'd end up doing.


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