Kenevo SL Turbo Kenovo SL clicking noise

[OldschoolBMXer]

First time post, long time follower. I have a KSL with under 400 miles. I have noticed a clicking / knocking noise when I'm climbing with Medium load. I only hear it when the climb gets harder. Recently took cranks off to clean and regrease the spindle splines and tighten it back using 50nm.

Wonder if anyone has had this issue come up. Love to hear what you ended up doing. Bringing it back to the shop would be a complete let down. ugh.

 

[Hitorogoshi]

this might sound funny.... but check that your seat is tightened down properly. I had an annoying creak/clicking when climbing and it turned out to be my seat. Also thought it was my motor

 

[ebikerider]

Maybe service the pedals if you can? it's just a matter of systematically cleaning/servicing one thing at a time until you find it.

 

[Elsketcho]

Did you ever find out what was causing the clicking. I’ve got a kenevo SL that’s done 88 miles and it’s started clicking. Seems to be coming from the drive side when I put pressure on the crank.

 

[unclezz]

Did you ever find out what was causing the clicking. I’ve got a kenevo SL that’s done 88 miles and it’s started clicking. Seems to be coming from the drive side when I put pressure on the crank.

Check your pedals bearings: clean them.

I had same on Levo and turned out that my pedals bearings accumulated some dirt.

 

[Elsketcho]

Will do, I wont be happy if it is the pedals as they are brand new as well.

 

[Hitorogoshi]

Did you ever find out what was causing the clicking. I’ve got a kenevo SL that’s done 88 miles and it’s started clicking. Seems to be coming from the drive side when I put pressure on the crank.

these kinda noises are always hit and miss as it could be a few things that cause it, especially under load.
Check:

• rear triangle torque bolts
• rear shock torque bolts
• crank and chairing torque bolts
• pedals (my brand new oneup pedals made the most noise ever due to their massive bearings)
• seat bolts on dropper

 

[brizi2003]

One more thing to try here is greasing the motor/frame interface and re-torque the motor mount bolts. This solved the same issue on my Creo SL. I had already tried everything else first!!! Any metal to metal interface is always worth greasing as it's bound to flex and make a noise! Lesson learned.