School Boy Error when tracking down a creak

[WindyRob]

In the last two weeks i have:

• changed pedals - grinding gone but creak super evident
• changed BB - creak still there
• noticed creak appeared to be coming from rear and noticed back QR not quite closed completely so tightened QR correctly - thought creak had gone but it hadn't it had changed tone.
• taken apart pedals repacked with grease - creak still there
• taken apart hedset re-grease and set - creak still there
• taken apart BB re-grease reassemble - creak still there
• adjusted handlebar and stem ensuring all bolts tightened correctly - creak still there
• noticed whilst pushing on handlebar whilst bike tilted that creak evident in fork so released QR to check if creak there when wheel not tight.
• It was a this point that the axel dropped correctly in to the fork.
• Did up the QR and creak gone!!!

This has seriously been doing my head in. When i thought back to why the front and rear wheels would have not been set correctly i realised that i had changed front and rear tyres and refitted the wheels whilst the bike was suspended and therefor the axels hadn't seated correctly.
Moral of the story is always do your QR's up with the bike on the ground.

 

[musa]

Well at least you did a maintenance job in the meanwhile

 

[Pauluk]

Thanks WindyRob. Always thought I should do this but sometimes don't. Will do in future.

 

[Garz]

So it was just the skewer?