i have a loose bracketdoes it hurt when they repairit? what exactly do theydo? and how long does it take?does it hurt during the process orafter? ty
it doesnt hurt taking it out,they just take off the wire and the bracket comes with it, they take this thing that looks like a hole puncher and scrape the glue off of your teeth, (if you dont like the nail on a chalkboard feeling you wont like this) then re-apply the glue, put on the bracket, and put on the wire. it will be sore if the bracket has been off for more than a month, otherwise, the pain will be minimal, the whole preocess takes about 15 min
depending on how damaged it is depends on how much it hurts if it is small then sometimes they just go in and clip it off with those huge cutter things that may look menacing but are not that bad but if there is extensive damage then they take out the entire wire that runs across wither the top or the bottom teeth, then they replace the old bracket woith a new onethen they tghten t back to normal tension leveland that is when t hurtsit is kinda like a dull pain but is not extremely bad it hurts mostly after they do it
No! I remember having two loose brackets. They just glued them on, it didn't hurt at all and it was over in just minutes. So it's nothing to worry about!
they take out the wird and clean the surface of the tooth then put moire adhesive stick the brace back on cure it with a uv light and reinstall the wire no big deal
If you're sure it's the bottom bracket, then yes, you need to pull it and give it a look over. Often it's just that one of the cups has loosened a little bit and when you reinstall it (with proper torque) things will be fine. If you've used the bike for jumping, then the cups or the shell threads could be damaged and the cups may loosen up again soon. If that's the case, then some plumber's teflon tape may help, or a few big drops of loctite. If your bearings are kaput, then you'll need a new bottom bracket. Sometimes when you hold a bad bottom bracket in your hands and turn the spindle, the bearings will still feel smooth and good, but under compression when you install it in the frame, the bearings will whine to you that they're worn out. Lots of times, what feels or sounds like a bottom bracket problem ends up being a loose crankarm bolt or loose chainring bolts. Check those first because it's an easy test. It's really common for left-side Isis splined crankarms to want to work loose for some reason. Greasing the contact surfaces of the crank spider/chainrings/bolts will cure any weird (uncommon) creaking there. Sometimes, pedal issues will sound like the bottom bracket, but you can usually feel these on your foot while you're riding. If none of this helps, check your frame very carefully for cracks at the chainstays and main tube junctions (and around the front derailleur). And yes.the noise means bad things. In the case of damaged or loose cups, you don't want to ride that way for very long because the threads can be damaged and it'll cost you a bit of cash to replace or repair the damage (hopefully not to the point of ruining the shell and needing to buy a new frame).
