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Darby wrote:
I had as creaking bottom bracket on my Luna but when I switched the parts over to my Tetra, the creaking stopped. I think the creaking was a result of how the bike was assembled.

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What type of crank arm and bottom bracket are you using?
Is the interface between the two a tapered square?
Did you grease (or not grease) the interface on both bikes?
Were the crank arm bolts torqued (with a torque wrench) properly?
Just curious.

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The crank is a Campy Chorus Triple with an 111 mm Chorus bottom bracket. When my bike shop assembled the Luna, they did it when I wasn't around so I am not sure what they did.

When the Tetra was put together, I put it together with a friend so the know exactly that was done. The bottom bracket was greased and torqued to the specification in the Barnett Repair Manual.

I suspect the problem was the bike shop. One other time they changed my cassette and didn't tighten the retaining bolt. So, I have started buying my own tools and repair manuals and will learn to fix my own bike. I found I like working on bikes a lot more than cars.

Bruce

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