On my way home the other night my bike developed a loud squeek from the front, as I'd stripped and cleaned my brakes at the weekend ready for the MOT I thought it could be linked. No ! I removed both calipers, it still squeeked, on removing the front wheel a small piece of speedo drive fell out . On inspection the drive had no drive one lug was on the floor the other nowhere to be seen and the pick up was packed full of grease, is this correct? For now I've glued the single lug back on and washed out all the grease and the squeek has gone. My question (finally) is when I fit the new drive should it be packed with grease or not?
The lugs on the speedo drive fit into slots, if it's just randomly put back on the lugs snap off, and were probably the cause of that squeak.
I'd imagine it's a common mistake to make, i did it myself when i first took my wheel off years ago, and i read about it quite often.
But yes it should be packed with grease.
Washing out grease is a very bad idea. When things go round they generally need lubrication.
I very much doubt gluing the lug back on will work either, it'll just happen again probably, and you were fortunate to pass the MOT because i doubt that your speedo is working properly as it is??
I'd get it sorted sooner rather than later otherwise your next thing will be a speeding ticket!
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Speedo works fine as it did when it squeeked. I'm not sure what it's supposed to be lubricating though so I just wondered if other people who'd had the front wheel out had grease packed in to their drive?
Lithium based grease it is then, when I fit my new drive I'll lube it up. But first I need to order one..........Still I did change my front sproket nut yesterday and tightened it up to 90Nm only took about 30min. But today looks more like riding weather.
