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[Eyuplad]

Evening guys. So mine has developed the dreaded creak that a few of you have mentioned in earlier posts What have you guys done exactly to cure it and has it worked? Thanks in advance

 

[Davvee]

Mine was the shock bolts. Just torque them to 14nm and been silent since.

 

[Eyuplad]

Thanks for your reply mate. Front and rear? Did you just torque them without removing them? Wonder if it’s worth removing them and greasing them first.

 

[Davvee]

i didnt bother removing them because the bike was pretty much new. I've just ordered an X2 for it so ill give them a good grease when I fit it.

 

[Eyuplad]

Nice one, thanks. I’ll do a bit of fettling tomorrow and hope that sorts it. Bloody annoying when you’ve got some kind of creak!

 

[Rando_12345]

Its mostly the rear bolt, you could unscrew it a bit and add a drop of thread lock from the top.

The creak came back a week later, but it was actually on the linkage bolts, the ones whose access is blocked by the seat tube. Despite having checked them a few week before.

 

[Eyuplad]

Thanks for that. It does sound like it’s coming from the linkages/rear of the shock. I think I’ll do a process of elimination by starting off with the shock bolts.

 

[pierrot364]

i didnt bother removing them because the bike was pretty much new. I've just ordered an X2 for it so ill give them a good grease when I fit it.

I can sell m’y float X2 Kashima from m’y 177 HPC action team which has specific settings

 

[Donn]

Anyone know if gen4 raceface era crankarms fits gen5 motor just fine ?

 

[Davvee]

Should do

 

[Eyuplad]

Can someone confirm which is the correct orientation for the headset cups in the slack setting please? Got two conflicting diagrams from Acros!

 

[gio_se]

Can someone confirm which is the correct orientation for the headset cups in the slack setting please? Got two conflicting diagrams from Acros!

This:

 

[Eyuplad]

This:

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This:

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Thanks. I thought it was with the chamfered edges.

 

[WattBunny]

I also lost it while on the road to the forest near by... Interested if someone knows the answer

Check all your torques by the way, one of the rear arm screws was not tight at all, it damaged a bit the frame along the seat tube

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I have the same issue — bolts don't hold up and unscrew during intensive riding.

Also, the linkage has poor design. To tighten the bolts, you have to unmount the shock to gain access to them.

The first time this happened, a loose bolt damaged the frame badly. While riding, I heard a strange knocking sound but couldn’t find the exact location, so I kept going and kept hearing the bolt rubbing against the carbon frame .

After this happened the second time, I added thread locker — I'll keep an eye on it.

 

[Davvee]

Wow. Have you contacted cube ? I’ll definitely be keeping an eye on mine

 

[Kepa]

So thread locker wasn’t there from the factory? That’s nice…

 

[WattBunny]

So thread locker wasn’t there from the factory? That’s nice…

It has blue — I added fresh.

 

[Donn]

Happened for me same i just dropped to dealer to investigate and they should come back this is definitely they not assembled right because to access it you need to remove rear shock, but i have claim warranty they have to replace front triangle i wont accept if they said you can still ride it its normal ...lol i had only 2 weeks bike and done only 2 rides...ill ask for refund and buy another brand if they refuse to replace frame.

 

[FlashToBang]

After all these nightmare reports of bolts working loose, I’ve just stripped all of my pivot joints down (including those two hard to get to ones ) and added fresh thread lock to the bolt ends, then torqued back to the prescribed setting (couldn’t torque the awkward ones though, as I simply cannot get the torque wrench in there, so settled for my best guess at 8Nm with my carefully calibrated hand on the hex key). I’ve also put tiny blobs of white paint on the bolt head and corresponding point in the frame, so it’s visually obvious if they start to loosen.

This is all in addition to fixing the early creaking last weekend, by adding thread lock and torquing up the lower shock bolt. I’ve also tightened the bolt that holds the top battery mount yesterday, as that had started to come loose too. That needed a T10 torx to get the Abus lock thingy out of the way first.

In all, a big thanks to @Rando_12345 for discovering all of these issues previously and posting about them in the threads here. Learning from other peoples’ experience is always better than learning the hard way yourself (although Cube should be informing bike shops of these issues too, so they can be nipped in the bud during the bike prep stage prior to purchase).

 

[Andrew8200m]

To be fair, this linkage issue isn't reserved for these Cube bikes, I've had this crap happen on every single yoke type bike I have owned. You just have to keep an eye and use thread lock that's all. It doesn't make it any less of a pain mind.

 

[Eyuplad]

Just another heads up for you guys with creaks and loose bolts. My lower swing arm bolt (the one torqued to 18Nm) had worked its way a little loose and was causing yet another creak, so bear that in mind if you have an issue.

 

[Eyuplad]

Couple of little mods on the 177 today. 155mm Hope cranks and an AVS motor guard.

 

[WattBunny]

View attachment 161799View attachment 161800View attachment 161801View attachment 161803View attachment 161804View attachment 161805Couple of little mods on the 177 today. 155mm Hope cranks and an AVS motor guard.

Brutal protection, but the most vulnerable part of the motor is still unprotected.

The motor casing is so fragile that stones flying off the front wheel literally rip chunks of metal out of it. I took 2–3 hits in almost the exact same spot during just one descent.

 

[Eyuplad]

Brutal protection, but the most vulnerable part of the motor is still unprotected.

The motor casing is so fragile that stones flying off the front wheel literally rip chunks of metal out of it. I took 2–3 hits in almost the exact same spot during just one descent.

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Nasty The AVS one gives a little more protection, but the outer cooling vane is still a bit vulnerable.

 

[Eyuplad]

 

[Kepa]

Bolt on cover? Motor has threads/holes in it for this cover? How about on the rear end, where wires and connectors are?

 

[Eyuplad]

Bolt on cover? Motor has threads/holes in it for this cover? How about on the rear end, where wires and connectors are?

Yes, there’s a cradle which sits over the cables and plugs and that’s bolted to the motor using the existing motor mounts. The outer skid plate is then bolted to that.
The diagrams of how it all fits are on the AVS website. Took literally 5 minutes to fit.

 

[FeelFreeMTB]

View attachment 161799View attachment 161800View attachment 161801View attachment 161803View attachment 161804View attachment 161805Couple of little mods on the 177 today. 155mm Hope cranks and an AVS motor guard.

Wow ... those parts are straight from the Millennium Falcon

 

[Raptor]

Brutal protection, but the most vulnerable part of the motor is still unprotected.

The motor casing is so fragile that stones flying off the front wheel literally rip chunks of metal out of it. I took 2–3 hits in almost the exact same spot during just one descent.

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yes mine is similar in that I've had stones lodged between the motor and pedal crank making a right mess of the motor case!

 

[pierrot364]

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Perfect thank you I was waiting for that type of guard, what is please the correct reference of it I will buy it immediately ? Thank you