Freewheel bearings

fasty

I noticed while giving my bike a good clean yesterday that when the back wheel freewheels, there's a ticking noise coming from it, and not the "normal" ticking noise, but one that sounds like a bearing issue.

As someone who only does the basic bike maintenance, would I be mad to try and take it all apart, de and then regrease it?

kona

fasty wrote: »

I noticed while giving my bike a good clean yesterday that when the back wheel freewheels, there's a ticking noise coming from it, and not the "normal" ticking noise, but one that sounds like a bearing issue.

As someone who only does the basic bike maintenance, would I be mad to try and take it all apart, de and then regrease it?

Hows that going to solve a bearing issue? If its making noise bring it to your LBS, could turn out cheap to fix and could avoid replacing parts. Dont ride it either.

fasty

No idea how it'll solve it! That's why I posted.

LBS it is.

ednwireland

fasty wrote: »

As someone who only does the basic bike maintenance, would I be mad to try and take it all apart, de and then regrease it?

yes
cassette freewheels arent designed to be repaired
sounds like a trip to the bikeshop if you havent got the tools or experience to change a freehub body yourself

tunney

ednwireland wrote: »

yes
cassette freewheels arent designed to be repaired
sounds like a trip to the bikeshop if you havent got the tools or experience to change a freehub body yourself

Actually...........

My mavic kysiums gave up the ghost about 18 months ago. Regreasing and cleaning regulary got another 16 months out of them

Chips Lovell

ednwireland wrote: »

yes
cassette freewheels arent designed to be repaired
sounds like a trip to the bikeshop if you havent got the tools or experience to change a freehub body yourself

Depends on the wheel. I have several wheelsets that are perfectly serviceable