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pickle:
Right....after riding at Epic on saturday, my crank has developed a creaking sound  >:(  things like this annoy the fook out of me! so any ideas as to why?  this may sound stupid but i haven't got a clue with these 3 piece jobbies.

It's just a standard tubular 3 piece with a sealed spanish BB that came stock on my DK.

Is it just cos it's poo poo?  :-\

muttley:
Enlightenment is here my son.

First question: Are the pedals the one's that came on the bike?

If so take them off and try the bike with some others to see if it still creaks, i had this problem on me race bike and i thought i had fecked the BB but it turned out to be a knackered spindle on the pedal  :idiot2:

pickle:
Master........no they are new pedals (well new-ish) but i might take them off and see if that helps? 

Thank you anjayson  :)

Zed also said to take off the arms and grease all the threads and re-tighten......will try this also

darkersomeday:
are the cranks pinch or splined?

pinch cranks like power/hollow bites just creak forever,

does sound like a pedal problem though

if it was me i'd
strip the entire crank/pedals down, clean out and re-pac ALL the bearings with finish-line grease,

then i'd build the whole assembly back up using a little coppergrease on the threads and crank fittings,

then if it still creaked i'd just buy a new set.

muttley:
Just out of interest what pedals are you runnin?

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