RadroverBob
New Member
I have had a creak in my RadRover for awhile now, thought it was the right pedal at first but I replaced the pedal and it was still there. I wanted to understand the bottom bracket on the RadRover a little more so I got the tools and pulled it apart today. It came apart quite easily and has a threaded in square Tapered bottom bracket. There are two pressed on sealed roller bearings on the shaft with a aluminum sleeve between them. Bearings felt good but did find something that could be causing my creak, the thin aluminum sleeve (between the 2 bearings) had a crack down it and when I squeeze it, it did make a creaking click noise. I did put some crazy glue on the crack and where the bearing meets the sleeve in hopes that it would quit flexing and cure my creak. If that doesn't work I may have to dremmel the crack and drill a hole at the end of the crack to stop it from spreading, the JB Weld it.
Image 1 nondrive side threaded cup
Image 2 bottom bracket with drive side threaded cup and bearing pressed on the shaft with sleeve and nondriver side bearing
Image 3 end of tapered shaft with view of sealed bearing #163110 2RS
Image 4 crack in the sleeve
There is following info stamped on sleeve
IP
BC 63
100
BC 1.37 x 24T
150.5 mm
L<----------->R
Hope this will help anyone interested in what RadRover bottom Bracket setup looks like.
Image 1 nondrive side threaded cup
Image 2 bottom bracket with drive side threaded cup and bearing pressed on the shaft with sleeve and nondriver side bearing
Image 3 end of tapered shaft with view of sealed bearing #163110 2RS
Image 4 crack in the sleeve
There is following info stamped on sleeve
IP
BC 63
100
BC 1.37 x 24T
150.5 mm
L<----------->R
Hope this will help anyone interested in what RadRover bottom Bracket setup looks like.