arallsopp
Post of The Year 2009 winner
- Location
- Bromley, Kent
Howdo.
Been off the bike for a while, which has given me a chance to investigate some of the drive train issues I've been having.
When backpedalling on the smaller sprockets, the chain has been going slack, and pulling taught only after the tension maxes out the rear derailleur arm.
Its been getting worse recently, and now the chain bounces around all over the place whenever I take pressure off the pedals.
Kudos to BentMikey, who suggested it was the freewheel and not the idlers (which I'd previously been blaming).
Next part is, does anyone know how I might go about fixing things? Do I need a new freewheel? To be honest, the rear axle has developed a bit of play in the last 5 thousand miles, and I'm probably due a new cassette, chain and rings as I've been running these since new.
Any thoughts? Is this a replace the set type thing, or can I clean something inside the rear end that might free things? I think the cassette is threadlocked on now, as it developed a rattle some 7k miles back.
Been off the bike for a while, which has given me a chance to investigate some of the drive train issues I've been having.
When backpedalling on the smaller sprockets, the chain has been going slack, and pulling taught only after the tension maxes out the rear derailleur arm.
Its been getting worse recently, and now the chain bounces around all over the place whenever I take pressure off the pedals.
Kudos to BentMikey, who suggested it was the freewheel and not the idlers (which I'd previously been blaming).
Next part is, does anyone know how I might go about fixing things? Do I need a new freewheel? To be honest, the rear axle has developed a bit of play in the last 5 thousand miles, and I'm probably due a new cassette, chain and rings as I've been running these since new.
Any thoughts? Is this a replace the set type thing, or can I clean something inside the rear end that might free things? I think the cassette is threadlocked on now, as it developed a rattle some 7k miles back.