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[Powder Ho]

The clutch acthuator on my 12 speed XT will not stay in the on position when I ride. The clutch works when it's on.
The shifting is flawless just a little noisy in the rock gardens.
It's 4 years old so I just ordered a new clutch package.
Anybody experience this or have any ideas?
Thanks.

[jm2e]

Gorilla Tape vs Aquaseal.


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[sb]

So looking at longer travel 29” bikes, how does Marcoozzy forks and shocks stack up to Rock Shocks?

[sb]

Ibis ripmo af has the Marzzy fork/shocks where as Giant Trance has RS.

[Roxtar]

Gorilla Tape vs Aquaseal.


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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Sorry, thoughts of gorilla tape residue brings on PTSD from days of cleaning/re-glueing tubulars.

I know nothing about Aquaseal.

[bamboocoreONLY]

The clutch acthuator on my 12 speed XT will not stay in the on position when I ride. The clutch works when it's on.
The shifting is flawless just a little noisy in the rock gardens.
It's 4 years old so I just ordered a new clutch package.
Anybody experience this or have any ideas?
Thanks.

Don't always need to order a new one, pretty easy to service your clutch using an online vid. They do get dirty over time and the actuator won't always work well when gunked up inside. I've done it to many of mine and always works.

[Powder Ho]

Don't always need to order a new one, pretty easy to service your clutch using an online vid. They do get dirty over time and the actuator won't always work well when gunked up inside. I've done it to many of mine and always works.

I had it serviced this past winter, but I'll try that. Thanks.
Gorilla tape or Aquaseal not an option.

[Dee Hubbs]

Gorilla Tape vs Aquaseal.

Customer at bike shop "Why was the tubeless refresh and rim tape service job sooo expensive?"
Me: "That's a good question to ask the shop that installed Gorilla Tape on your nice carbon rims"

[Beaver]

Does anyone make a sram freehub mounted shimano compatible 12 speed cassette?

The bike shop I got my wife's Orbea Wild at (Kelowna eride) fuct up and put the wrong wheel on her bike. They were probably building 2 similar biked and swapped rear wheels. They want me to leave thd bike with them to sed what they neec to fix it but well, fuck them. My dealings with them have been less than good, I'll do it myself. If I have to swap my freehub body as well I'll do that too but if someone makes a cassette that works I'll slap it on and roll with it.

[toast2266]

Does anyone make a sram freehub mounted shimano compatible 12 speed cassette?

The bike shop I got my wife's Orbea Wild at (Kelowna eride) fuct up and put the wrong wheel on her bike. They were probably building 2 similar biked and swapped rear wheels. They want me to leave thd bike with them to sed what they neec to fix it but well, fuck them. My dealings with them have been less than good, I'll do it myself. If I have to swap my freehub body as well I'll do that too but if someone makes a cassette that works I'll slap it on and roll with it.

What do you mean by "shimano compatible"?

A sram cassette will work with a shimano derailleur. A sram cassette won't work so well with a shimano chain.

Do you already have a shimano cassette and chain? A microspline freehub body is almost certainly going to be cheaper than an XD cassette.

[Beaver]

I have a shimano shifter, chain and derailleur but a sram freehub/cassette. It's always shifted shitty but I just recently noticed the fuck up. There is probably someone out there with my wheel wondering why thier bike shifts shitty.

[toast2266]

Switching to a Sram chain is gonna be the easiest / cheapest way to get it to shift reasonably well.

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[Dee Hubbs]

What do you mean by "shimano compatible"?
A sram cassette will work with a shimano derailleur. A sram cassette won't work so well with a shimano chain.
Do you already have a shimano cassette and chain? A microspline freehub body is almost certainly going to be cheaper than an XD cassette.

Switching to a Sram chain is gonna be the easiest / cheapest way to get it to shift reasonably well.

And a SRAM compatible Chainring, which is difficult if it's a Shimano crank, or even more complicated when dealing with E-Bike cranks.

If it was me, I'd do it correctly and buy the microspline freehub, buy a Shimano cassette and be done with it.

[Andeh]

I just pulled off one of my forks to service & upgrade the damper, and noticed the crown race isn't super snug. I can lift it up with my fingernails ~5mm. Am I fine just reinstalling it with a bunch of heavy grease under it, or should I use something like green Loctite (retaining compound)? The idea being to prevent creaks.

[Boissal]

I just pulled off one of my forks to service & upgrade the damper, and noticed the crown race isn't super snug. I can lift it up with my fingernails ~5mm. Am I fine just reinstalling it with a bunch of heavy grease under it, or should I use something like green Loctite (retaining compound)? The idea being to prevent creaks.

Weird, those things usually take quite a bit of effort to remove once they're in place. Might be stretched out (not sure that's a thing) or cracked, although I imagine you've checked. I install them using a piece of PVC and they never budge. I'd say grease it and pound it in, although it might be worth throwing a new one on if you have any doubts.

[jamal]

There's such a thing as a split crown race that isn't a press fit. Was kind of annoyed when my new fancy gravel/cx bike came with one and I didn't have a nice cane creek etc with a seal to put on instead.

[joetron]

I just pulled off one of my forks to service & upgrade the damper, and noticed the crown race isn't super snug. I can lift it up with my fingernails ~5mm. Am I fine just reinstalling it with a bunch of heavy grease under it, or should I use something like green Loctite (retaining compound)? The idea being to prevent creaks.

What brand is it? Might be worth just picking up a new one. Cane creek are affordable and ubiquitous at shops.
Otherwise, if you can install/remove a race with your fingers, a bit of green loctite wouldn’t hurt to keep creaks away.


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[rideit]

There is always the ol’ beer can shim!

[Meconium]

Spray with something that bubbles

[rideit]

Yeah, that should certainly fix a slightly loose crown race.

[Roxtar]

Good news - Hopefully, you'll find it's a split ring style that's just slightly low in tension. Replace with fore-mentioned solid Cane Creek (make sure you get the correct bearing taper; 45* or 37*).
Bad news - If not, it might be the fork. The crown race is substantially harder steel than the steerer. If there's excessive wear, it's more likely the steerer.

[bamboocoreONLY]

I had it serviced this past winter, but I'll try that. Thanks.
Gorilla tape or Aquaseal not an option.

If it was at a shop I wonder what they did. A lot of shops just open the little clutch adjustment window and spray triflow or put some shadow grease in there instead of actually servicing it haha

[Andeh]

It's a Chris King, which is why I'm hesitant to "just replace it" since they want like $40 for them. I'll give it some of the green loctite and if I notice noises, I'll suck it up and buy a new one. I've never seen that happen before with the CKs or even the cheap CC & FSA ones.

[toast2266]

^^^ I'd be inclined to swing by a shop and test fit a different race (any race - doesn't need to fit the CK). If a 2nd race is loose, it's the fork. If the 2nd race isn't loose, it's the CK race that's the problem and I'd look to CK for a warranty replacement (and probably squirt some retaining compound in there for the time being).

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[XXX-er]

If it was at a shop I wonder what they did. A lot of shops just open the little clutch adjustment window and spray triflow or put some shadow grease in there instead of actually servicing it haha

Thats ^^ what I would do if i didnt have the parts

those 1 way clutches are referred to as " spragg clutches" I serviced literaly hundreds in the ribbon and paper handling areas of printers

It was always best to replace them so I would walk into a BIG customer literaly with pockets of replacement parts, clean the shaft with alcohol cuz usually there was red rust on the shaft and replace the clutch .

if i didnt have parts with me I would clean the shaft with alcohol and flush the clutch with #23 grease to get me out of there but i knew i would be back