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Message started by Patti on Sep 26^th, 2014, 2:15pm

Title: Ticking Wheel
Post by Patti on 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?

Title: Re: Ticking Wheel
Post by Monkeywrangler22 on Sep 26^th, 2014, 4:55pm

Have you tried a drop of oil on each place where spokes cross another and touch?

Title: Re: Ticking Wheel
Post by Patti on Sep 26^th, 2014, 5:00pm

Nope. Hadn't thought of that but will give it a try. Thanks!

Title: Re: Ticking Wheel
Post by Bud_Bent on Sep 26^th, 2014, 9:48pm

That usually means a loose (or broken) spoke. Check to see if one is loose.

Title: Re: Ticking Wheel
Post by Patti on Sep 26^th, 2014, 10:57pm

Bud_Bent wrote:

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.

Title: Re: Ticking Wheel
Post by Ldoc1234 on Sep 26^th, 2014, 11:02pm

Have you checked the computer /speedometer sensor and magnet- may be just barely making contact as wheel spins.

Title: Re: Ticking Wheel
Post by MrWizard on 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 .

Title: Re: Ticking Wheel
Post by Patti on 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. [smiley=shrug.gif]

Thanks very much for all suggestions!

Title: Re: Ticking Wheel
Post by 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.

Title: Re: Ticking Wheel
Post by TonyWard on Sep 29^th, 2014, 12:13pm

jayg wrote:

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.

Title: Re: Ticking Wheel
Post by rmillay on 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.