noise from cassette

[simonineaston]

My Shimano M771 isn't particularly noisey, I admit, but it occurred to me that by changing the lube, I might get it quieter - any tips, folks?

[foxyrider]

Team Sky use Morgan Blue

[simonineaston]

Team Sky, Morgan Blue?... are they Hollywood actors - or famous race horses??

[simonineaston]

Ah - I see...
http://road.cc/content/review/94370-mor ... e-race-oil

[andrewjoseph]

My Shimano M771 isn't particularly noisey, I admit, but it occurred to me that by changing the lube, I might get it quieter - any tips, folks?

wax lubes can help things run quieter. perfect chainline, spot on cassette/mech tuning. fish oil for the knees.

[Psamathe]

Team Sky use Morgan Blue

I purchased a bottle of their dry lube following recommendations - though not yet got round to trying it !! Maybe your comment will motivate me to clean my chain and start using it.

Ian

[mercalia]

I try and keep the cassette rings free of lube as it attracts muck build up and bad changes ( and therefore noise). The grease from the chain should be sifficient to lube the cassette. I dont get any noise from my system. maybe take a look at your chain and keep it cleaner and lubed ( I use chainsaw oil)

[simonineaston]

fish oil for the knees.

Good call...

[simonineaston]

My Shimano M771 isn't particularly noisey, I admit, but it occurred to me that by changing the lube, I might get it quieter - any tips, folks?

I rushed into that one - I meant the ticking of the ratchet pawls on over-run The noise has got nothing to do with the poor innocent M771, but rather, comes from the free-body, which is a NovaTech product... Sorry to mislead you, folks!

[mig]

'dolby'

[Brucey]

if you use some oil or semi-fluid grease inside the freewheel mechanism it will make it quieter. However if the lube is thin and the seals are bad, it will all come out and make a terrible mess. If the lube is too thick the pawls may skip in cold weather ( very bad indeed). It is a delicate balance.

cheers

[beardy]

any tips, folks?

Dont stop pedalling.

[simonineaston]

any tips, folks?

Dont stop pedalling.

Tried that once, didn't like it!

[Brucey]

BTW I really can't stand noisy freewheels; when I was a kid and I wanted a noise like that I could stick something in the spokes.....

cheers

[simonineaston]

If the lube is too thick the pawls may skip in cold weather ( very bad indeed). It is a delicate balance.

Tell me about it! I have an SA 8 speed hub that's been apart and back together again I don't know how many times to try and find the reason for the very intermittent and occasional pawl skip - replaced the lube with every decreasing viscosity choices - am now on some left-over Duckhams Hypoid (to deal with those extreme pressures don't you know ) which more-or-less does the trick, but not 100%-ly...