Whirring noise from wheel

[Angelfishsolo]

Might be worth repacking the bearings with grease rather then just adjusting the cone and locking nut..

"Polished races" tells me you have traditional cup & cone bearings. Buy a set of cone spanners and sit down with a cup of tea and the wheel on your lap and get adjusting. It's a simple but sometimes frustrating job because the bearings will often go out of adjustment as you tighten the locknut.

 

[Inertia]

"Polished races" tells me you have traditional cup & cone bearings. Buy a set of cone spanners and sit down with a cup of tea and the wheel on your lap and get adjusting. It's a simple but sometimes frustrating job because the bearings will often go out of adjustment as you tighten the locknut.

Thanks for the advice, I found cone spanners but there are varying sizes, trying to figure out what size mine is now.

 

[Inertia]

Might be worth repacking the bearings with grease rather then just adjusting the cone and locking nut..

I will try that, think I need to look up and find where the bearings ARE first and how to get them out

 

[Angelfishsolo]

This might help

I will try that, think I need to look up and find where the bearings ARE first and how to get them out

 

[Cubist]

If it helps Maz put some pictures of his bearing races on the bottom of this post. There's a post explaining how to set the bearings.

 

[Inertia]

This might help

Much obliged, that looks very useful

 

[Inertia]

If it helps Maz put some pictures of his bearing races on the bottom of this post. There's a post explaining how to set the bearings.

That sounds like it would be handy, but the bottom of which post?

 

[Inertia]

If it helps Maz put some pictures of his bearing races on the bottom of this post. There's a post explaining how to set the bearings.

That sounds like it would be handy, but the bottom of which post?

 

[Cubist]

What a pillock! I forgot to post the link to the post.

https://www.cyclechat.net/

 

[funnymummy]

ok, Im an idiot, I found the problem, the spoke reflector was loose and the vibrating was the noise

Bought some of those my sons bike, was a few left over so he said I should put them on mine..... Rode my bike on several occasions with no problems, then went out with some friends hitting speeds in excess of 25mph... Kept hearing whooshing sounds & had a few wobbles looking down to check i'd not got a flat - took a while to twig it was the damn spokies!!