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[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

[jm2e]

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.

That XD cassette and freehub are probably more expensive than all the other parts. I’d say flip the Shimano stuff and just get a SRAM shifter/RD on there.


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[sfotex]

I have a 2022 Fox 34 Factory with a Fit4 damper and I hate it. I've messed with spacers, pressure, etc. and it still feels harsh to me. Do I get a new fork, get a Fractive tuning kit. or buy a new Grip damper for it?

I'm not a super picky fork person usually, but I legitimately hate this fork. I have a MRP Ribbon, DVO, Rock Shock, and a Manitou I like, this is the first newer Fox fork I've tried in awhile and I'm not impressed....

[ASmileyFace]

I have a 2022 Fox 34 Factory with a Fit4 damper and I hate it. I've messed with spacers, pressure, etc. and it still feels harsh to me. Do I get a new fork, get a Fractive tuning kit. or buy a new Grip damper for it?

I'm not a super picky fork person usually, but I legitimately hate this fork. I have a MRP Ribbon, DVO, Rock Shock, and a Manitou I like, this is the first newer Fox fork I've tried in awhile and I'm not impressed....

I feel like someone in here mentioned that Fox seems to have a ton of variability in their tolerances out of the factory which sometimes leads to them feeling shitty. Might be worth burnishing them if someone locally has the tool or you want to go down that rabbit hole?

EDIT: Looks like this was discussed last year here.

[Dromond]

I feel like someone in here mentioned that Fox seems to have a ton of variability in their tolerances out of the factory which sometimes leads to them feeling shitty. Might be worth burnishing them if someone locally has the tool or you want to go down that rabbit hole?

EDIT: Looks like this was discussed last year here.

I mentioned it. My 2020 36 Elite felt like shit due to tight bushings until I sent it back to Fox warranty to fix. It’s been really good since then. No damper can overcome how bad tight bushings feels.

https://www.mtbr.com/threads/tight-b...hness.1129699/

[Whiteroom_Guardian]

I'm running 1x11 sram on my gravel bike. It has a 40T chainring. I run out of high gear constantly. I ride like 50/50 paved and gravel. Even just zipping along on flat gravel I am in the highest gear pretty much all the time. I probably use the smallest 4 or 5 cogs in the cassette. Idk if I have ever used the granny. Would putting a 44T chainring on make that much of a difference?

[sfotex]

I'm running 1x11 sram on my gravel bike. It has a 40T chainring. I run out of high gear constantly. I ride like 50/50 paved and gravel. Even just zipping along on flat gravel I am in the highest gear pretty much all the time. I probably use the smallest 4 or 5 cogs in the cassette. Idk if I have ever used the granny. Would putting a 44T chainring on make that much of a difference?

Getting a smaller cog, if possible, on the cassette is going to make the biggest difference.

[Whiteroom_Guardian]

I think my cassette is an 11-42. How much smaller is really available?

I think the answer is a 2x drivetrain which means new left/front brifter and adding a front der etc etc....

[J. Barron DeJong]

I think my cassette is an 11-42. How much smaller is really available?

I think the answer is a 2x drivetrain which means new left/front brifter and adding a front der etc etc....

I don’t think SRAM offers an 11sp cassette with a 10T small cog (?).

Going from 40T to 44T chainring let’s you go 10% faster, about the equivalent of one more gear.

[sfotex]

e13 has a 9 tooth 11speed cassette - https://www.ethirteen.com/collection...29694741348455
I think there's one other out there too. Not cheap, but cheaper then a 2x drivetrain...

[Robik]

Garbaruk makes a 10-46 11 speed XD cassette.

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