The 'Un-Official' Campagnolo Ekar thread

[vespasianus]

Originally Posted by Likes2ridefar

My next query is, is your drivetrain close to silent when lubed and setup properly? I hear a little noise like it’s a tiny bit out of alignment when pedaling but it shifts fine.

I’d grown used to a dead silent drivetrain on the previous bike and this one is not. I can live with it if that is just the way it is but will strive for silence if it can be achieved

Mine is dead silent. At the beginning, I had the cassette creak - fixed with a little grease between two parts- but that has been it.

[nalax]

Originally Posted by vespasianus

Mine is dead silent. At the beginning, I had the cassette creak - fixed with a little grease between two parts- but that has been it.

Yep, quiet in all the gears. All I hear is the tires, or crickets, or cicadas.

[Likes2ridefar]

Originally Posted by vespasianus

Mine is dead silent. At the beginning, I had the cassette creak - fixed with a little grease between two parts- but that has been it.

Thanks. It must be slightly off then, still. I think it is my hanger or maybe the b screw needs a tiny adjustment still.

[vespasianus]

Originally Posted by Likes2ridefar

Thanks. It must be slightly off then, still. I think it is my hanger or maybe the b screw needs a tiny adjustment still.

Are there specific gears it is noisy in?

[Likes2ridefar]

Originally Posted by vespasianus

Are there specific gears it is noisy in?

Every gear just a tiny click click. Micro adjusting the tension doesn’t fix it.

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by Likes2ridefar

Every gear just a tiny click click. Micro adjusting the tension doesn’t fix it.

How frequent? Every pedal stroke, more frequently? Might have a funky chainlink.

[vespasianus]

Originally Posted by Likes2ridefar

Every gear just a tiny click click. Micro adjusting the tension doesn’t fix it.

Odd. Are you sure it is coming from the chain/gears?

[Old School]

Originally Posted by vespasianus

Odd. Are you sure it is coming from the chain/gears?

Exactly. Check pedals and cleats.

[vespasianus]

Originally Posted by vespasianus

Odd. Are you sure it is coming from the chain/gears?

If it is the gears, maybe the cassette lockings needs to be tightened?

[Likes2ridefar]

Appreciate all the help, but I’ve decided to move to a different groupset. If it still makes noise then, well, the jokes on me.

[gfk_velo]

Originally Posted by vespasianus

If it is the gears, maybe the cassette lockings needs to be tightened?

Hard to say without a video or a test ride but as described (click rather than creak) it could be, as Old P says, a chain link - I'd look at the joining link (if used) and at the rivet (if joined that way - From the "back" of the chain towards the front when riveted, plus peened to centre the rivet and "squash" the "snapped off" end so that it catches neither the RD cage nor the cassette.

Apart from that, all of the usual checks ... to ID the point of the "click" as definitely chain / transmission related.

Cassette torques really only need to go over the recommended if creaking is persistent but TBH, if the cassette has both the "grey" internal spacer and (in the case of the 9-up cassettes) the thin stainless washer between the head of the lockring and the sprocket itself, the marked torque should be sufficient if the cassette body is accurately within spec.

[Likes2ridefar]

A short errand today in sandals (almost no power output) finally helped isolate the sound. It’s coming from the cranks or bottom bracket and not the cassette or rear derailleur setup.

Of course it requires a special tool to install the crank so I can’t do much…I won’t miss this group

[vespasianus]

Originally Posted by Likes2ridefar

A short errand today in sandals (almost no power output) finally helped isolate the sound. It’s coming from the cranks or bottom bracket and not the cassette or rear derailleur setup.

Of course it requires a special tool to install the crank so I can’t do much…I won’t miss this group

I think it should just be a long 10mm Allen key. Who installed the groupset?

[Likes2ridefar]

Originally Posted by vespasianus

I think it should just be a long 10mm Allen key. Who installed the groupset?

It is that which I don’t have or the campy tool they made just for it. I bought it complete online so no idea. Axs is being installed today so no longer an issue

[cgolvin]

Originally Posted by Likes2ridefar

It is that which I don’t have or the campy tool they made just for it. I bought it complete online so no idea. Axs is being installed today so no longer an issue

Calling it a campy tool is a misnomer, it's just a long 10mm hex key.