Ticking Clicking Bottom Bracket?

[Deleted member 26715]

Okay so I've gone out I was going to have a good look, I pulled the chain out of the way, then undone the 2 hex bolts on the non-drive side but I can't get that to come off, I presumed it would just slide off & then you would pull out the drive-side from the other side, but despite gentle persuasion with a rubber hammer & not so gentle with wooden hammer & block of wood it doesn't seem to want to come, am I missing something, Google is not being my friend

 

[Threevok]

sounds like it's been on there for a bit.

Try giving it a few taps from the opposite side first, then wiggle the cranks, then give it a thump again to see if it moves.

They can get quite gunked up, especially if someones overdone it with the grease

I'm assuming you managed to get the non drive side crank off first, if not you may need to put something in the gap to pry it open a bit

 

[Cycleops]

There is nothing else holding it on so some more persuasion gentle or otherwise is required.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I'm assuming you managed to get the non drive side crank off first

No it's the non-drive crank I'm struggling with but I've just seen a Park tools video which shows there is an endcap with an 8 pointed inner which needs to be removed, might need to go get one of them, nit sure I have one
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqBtB8Kyl2U

 

[Threevok]

Jam a flat head screw driver in the slot were the screws clamp together and twist to increase the gap and decrease the clamp on the shaft. Wiggle the crank as you do it

(make sure the one/ two hex bolts are really loose first)

I have never needed to use that tool they are showing

 

[Cycleops]

This is the only crank removal tool they've heard of down here;

Works every time .

 

[Threevok]

This is the only crank removal tool they've heard of down here;
View attachment 444830
Works every time .

AKA Brummie Screwdriver

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Ah okay so the crank arm will come over the top of the endcap?

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Scrap all that managed to get a large screwdriver in to remove the endcap

 

[Threevok]

Sorry, You have to remove the end cap first.

I assumed you had

 

[Deleted member 26715]

In the end I found that I did have an endcap tool it was included within the cheap Aldi set I bought ages ago, so stripped it all down, removed both cranks, checked my bottom bracket spanner will work & put it all back together, something has changed as it now only clicks at 6 o'clock but it's a bit louder. Time to order a new BB now I know I have all the tools to be able to change it, I'll have to live with the click a few more days.

 

[subaqua]

If it’s a hollowtech 2 you will need to follow the instructions in the box exactly . The preload needs to be spot on . The spooned end cap tightness in the non drive side provides this . There is a tool and it’s dirt cheap.
http://si.shimano.com/pdfs/dm/DM-FC0002-12-ENG.pdf

 

[Ming the Merciless]

This is the only crank removal tool they've heard of down here;
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Works every time .

Always with you on rides in case of a close pass.

 

[Levo-Lon]

You need to remove the hex bolts to remove the arm and the cap.
the bolts sit in a small grove in the axle to stop it coming off then it has a pinch grip to secure it.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Went out with the grandson yesterday, it started as a single click per revolution but by the time we got back it was back to it's usual 2 clicks, I can actually feel it through the non-drive pedal as it goes round, I've ordered a new Shimano Saint HollowTech II Bottom Bracket Cups Gold 68/73mm from Wiggle be here early next week. Only other thing I did think was could it be the pedals, they are DMR V8's put on in September, I wasn't impressed with the bearings then, they seemed a bit loose, I may chuck a different pair of pedals on to make sure it's not them.