QX splined cranks creak

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Hi all,

I built up a QX RGB 27.5 a while back using QX hub and splined cranks, all brought new and my first time using splined connection.

I always had a small annoying creak which I couldn’t find until now.

I have found it to be around the crank to crank arms area. I have removed arms , cleaned and applied small amount of grease to the splines and refitted.

This has definitely helped and made it lots better but I do think it’s there still , I am going out tomorrow for a ride on it which I’m hoping will be creak free/better :crossed_fingers:

Does anyone have any experience with this that could help cure this niggly creak ?

Thanks

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Gap between hub and cranks has been reduced on latest production to refuse creaking

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Could it be the same issue as

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A good answer is

Sorry for the :france: :baguette_bread: :wine_glass:

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Clean and some grease has always done the trick for me, although it does not seem like an issue for me.

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Thanks for your responses, luckily my noise wasn’t as bad as the video which would have drove me mad as I don’t like noises like that.

Cleaning and greasing seams to of cured it, I went out today and it was fantastic riding with no noises.

Just hope it stays noise free :crossed_fingers:

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Really? is that the sound of the cranks? To me that always sounds like the spokes. As if the whole wheel is about to collapse at any moment…

I have that on my Nimbus Oracle 29" that makes that sound. So not a QuAx. What is a splined crank? They’re ISIS cranks on the Nimbus.

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It sure is an awful sound , I also thought it was a spoke fault which it wasn’t.

Splined is qu-ax connection between crank arms and axle , it has many many more grooves in it than isis connection