|   Creaky Blur is creaky no more! | Nat
Sep 18, 2003 6:52 PM | | After months of looking, leaning, pushing up and down, prodding, cleaning bearings, lubing bushings, tightening bolts, loosening bolts, inspecting welds, and general head scratching, I FINALLY found the source of the conniption-causing creak on my bike. It was that tiny little bolt at the frame-mount end of the shock. The one below the top tube. A shmear of grease and ahhhhhhhhh...silky quiet bike again. My work is done. |
| re: Creaky Blur is creaky no more! | AZflightnurse
Sep 19, 2003 7:35 AM | | Thanks for posting, mine is just starting, and that might help. Scott |
| re: Creaky Blur is creaky no more! i may have the solution | blur-know-it-all
Sep 19, 2003 12:37 PM | | i have found that the blur is the best bike ever, i also have found that with all those pivots that there is some maintenance involved. i have pressed out my bearings and found that santa cruz has lock-tighted them into the frame and i think that the lock tight brakes down and allows the bearing to move. i cleaned that out and replaced it with a light coat of grease, just like a creaky bottom bracket. i also found that i needed to tighten the pivots after the first ride. the grease will push out and the bearing will seat to the frame. |
| hmmmmm....... | Dave_Wilson
Sep 19, 2003 4:33 PM | | If all that maintainence is needed just to maintain the pivots, that is a strike against it. I've also heard of the bushings wearing out really fast. Also you can only run a 100mm fork (or void warranty) and it only has a 2 year warranty. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to own a Blur and I may actually get one for next year's racing season but is it really the best? |
| Those reservations are stopping you? | Nat
Sep 19, 2003 7:43 PM | | As far as maintenance goes, I haven't done dick to my bike other than trying to isolate that creak, and my bearings have been completely trouble-free since day one. Also I've never let warranty make or break the deal. |
| creeeek | george_da_trog
Sep 20, 2003 8:22 AM | | Yup, mine started to creek to... after 10 months. Cleaned and lubed. No more creek.
george |
| hmmmmm....... | BLUR KNOW-IT-ALL
Sep 20, 2003 1:42 PM | | ride one and see for your self that it a awsome bike! the super x kit from santa cruz includes a 100mm fox float rl fork. the work i did on mine is a test for my own personal fun, however it works. and i will email my s.c. rep and fill him in on it. bushing??? no bushings, just sealed cartage bearings. the maveric and the kieln palomino have bushings... too bad for them ;) good luck with next season! |
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