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Patti Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 876	Ticking Wheel Sep 26^th, 2014, 2:15pm Have a front wheel on my trike that has developed a ticking sound when riding. I checked the spokes and tightened a couple but it didn't fix it. Checked the QR but found it tight. Headset doesn't have any play in it. Any ideas where else the sound might be coming from? Gremlins?
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Monkeywrangler22 Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 1308	Re: Ticking Wheel Reply #1 - Sep 26^th, 2014, 4:55pm Have you tried a drop of oil on each place where spokes cross another and touch?
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Patti Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 876	Re: Ticking Wheel Reply #2 - Sep 26^th, 2014, 5:00pm Nope. Hadn't thought of that but will give it a try. Thanks!
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Bud_Bent Moderator Posts: 3310	Re: Ticking Wheel Reply #3 - Sep 26^th, 2014, 9:48pm That usually means a loose (or broken) spoke. Check to see if one is loose.
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Patti Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 876	Re: Ticking Wheel Reply #4 - Sep 26^th, 2014, 10:57pm Quote from Bud_Bent on Sep 26^th, 2014, 9:48pm: That usually means a loose (or broken) spoke. Check to see if one is loose. That is what I expected but, although I found a couple that were a slightly loose, tightening them didn't stop the problem.
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Ldoc1234 rbent member Posts: 38	Re: Ticking Wheel Reply #5 - Sep 26^th, 2014, 11:02pm Have you checked the computer /speedometer sensor and magnet- may be just barely making contact as wheel spins.
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MrWizard Five Star Member bonus mile sponge Posts: 671	Re: Ticking Wheel Reply #6 - Sep 27^th, 2014, 4:22pm Also .. check that presta stem nut, valve core (if you have the newer style) and the valve itself.. I've had my OCD flare up before over tick tick tick sounds and tracked it down to that nut not being tight .
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Patti Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 876	Re: Ticking Wheel Reply #7 - Sep 28^th, 2014, 5:37pm Well, I followed up with all suggestions but still haven't located the problem. Just gonna wait and see. If it gets worse, it will eventually show me where it is. Until then, ignoring it will have to do. Thanks very much for all suggestions!
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Re: Ticking Wheel
Reply #8 - Sep 28^th, 2014, 6:12pm

There's one more thing to check, Patti. One of our members had a clicking in one of the wheels on his bike and finally traced it down to a broken-off spoke nipple head inside the hollow space in the rim. Had apparently been left in there either when the wheel was being built or later work was done on the wheel. Lift your trike until your clicking wheel clears the ground, then spin the wheel. If it clicks, take the tire and rim tape off and check for a broken-off nipple head.

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Re: Ticking Wheel
Reply #9 - Sep 29^th, 2014, 12:13pm

Quote from jayg on Sep 28^th, 2014, 6:12pm:

There's one more thing to check, Patti. One of our members had a clicking in one of the wheels on his bike and finally traced it down to a broken-off spoke nipple head inside the hollow space in the rim. Had apparently been left in there either when the wheel was being built or later work was done on the wheel. Lift your trike until your clicking wheel clears the ground, then spin the wheel. If it clicks, take the tire and rim tape off and check for a broken-off nipple head.

I think he is talking about me. If that is the case it wasn't a broken nipple head - it was a large metal shaving from where they drilled the valve hole. In the end the remedy is the same. It was a new wheel that took a few hundred miles for the shaving to break loose and start rolling around in it. You could hear it roll by spinning the wheel while it was in the air but it had to be really quiet.

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Re: Ticking Wheel
Reply #10 - Sep 29^th, 2014, 9:03pm

Kathy's old Speed had Sun wheels that made a ticking noise whenever you turned. I had Mike's guy true them and that eliminated the problem. I had tried tightening loose feeling spokes, to no avail. I presume they were all too loose. A loose spoke may also have a stripped nipple which loosens after you try to tighten it, making noise again. Flat bearings might also make noise.

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