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just got my new flight cranks from ed at planet bmx,one of the crank arms rattle with the sound of loose metal,or filings,
ive tried to get it out with a magnet,didnt work, has anyone else had this happen before to a pair of flights,if so what did you do to fix it?
ive emailed ed about returning them,just thought it was weird,never had that happen before.

DrBod · 2012-11-13 7:40am

I've got the same problem, though I ordered them from a different source. The drive side crank arm is the one that is rattling. So far, no luck getting the filings out, but I haven't spent too much time on the problem. Yet. Might be annoying if it's audible while riding...

poppa wheelie · 2012-11-13 7:41am

Back in the day @the bike shop when we couldn't get the rattles out of frame sets we use crazy glue, if u can squirt in the hole & try to get loose piece to fall on it b4 it drys. But I'd try to send back my self....

nationalpro1972 · 2012-11-13 8:02am

yeah mines the drive side too,hate to send back cranks ive been waiting for ,for a week,probably should have spent the extra 60-70 bucks,and got some profiles,but i wanted a pair of flights,i think they look a little better on the skyway cruisers.

Haro-83 · 2012-11-13 8:21am

I used to have frame that make same sound, when I ride in the woods all of my friends think there rattle snake around by.

nationalpro1972 · 2012-11-13 8:30am

lol ,i feel snakebit on this bike build,parts coming in from everywhere,i just looked at my new kashimax seat,how the hell is my ass gonna fit on this i thought,i remember it being bigger it seemed when i was a kid,so funny building a bike that you always wanted as a kid,as a 40 year old man.

tobin · 2012-11-13 8:45am

I had a loose piece inside a new set of Flights I purchased recently. The vendor said it was somewhat common. I was able to get the piece out in about 10 minutes. It was almost like a little metal stone.

nationalpro1972 · 2012-11-13 8:48am

so how did you do it?

DrBod · 2012-11-13 5:52pm

Just fixed mine, took maybe five minutes.

There was what appeared to be a pebble in mine - it was too big to extract out of the threaded hole for the sprocket bolt with a pair of tweezers. So, after lining up the pebble with the hole, I inserted a flat screw driver on top of the pebble and tapped it with a hammer. I did this twice, breaking the pebble into smaller pieces which I was able to shake out of the crank arm.

I would have thought the rattling was caused by metal filings from the machining/drilling process, but not so. If anything, it appeared to be a polishing/tumbling stone which is probably used to smooth the crank arm surfaces.

nationalpro1972 · 2012-11-14 3:15pm

mine is stuck and wont center with the sprocket bolt hole,ed at planet bmx is gonna replace the arm,got nothing but good things to say about ed,he sent me back
38.00 dollars the other day for an overcharge on shipping,pretty honest,how many bike shops would do that?

ANTDOG · 2012-11-14 3:38pm

yeah mines the drive side too,hate to send back cranks ive been waiting for ,for a week,probably should have spent the extra 60-70 bucks,and got some profiles,but i wanted a pair of flights,i think they look a little better on the skyway cruisers.

profiles made in the usa just sayin

wburke17 · 2012-11-14 3:44pm

shoot a lil bit of expanding foam in there, that will take care of the rattle

TXBONE · 2012-11-14 3:47pm

wburke17 wrote:
shoot a lil bit of expanding foam in there, that will take care of the rattle

And add about 2 pounds to it.

wburke17 · 2012-11-14 4:18pm

TXBONE wrote:
wburke17 wrote:
shoot a lil bit of expanding foam in there, that will take care of the rattle
And add about 2 pounds to it.

not with a lil squirt, shoot it in then turn it so the piece falls into it when its wet. that foam doesn't weigh hardly anything. I can fill a 1.5 cube box and it only adds maybe a quarter pound to the box.
I use to make backgrounds for reptile tank, stuff is super light.

esw · 2012-11-14 4:35pm

they make a glue material for rattles in golf club heads. usually they drill a small hole, drip it in and rattle it around until the "rattle" finds the glue like a fly to fly paper. Once it finds the glue it permanently stops the rattle. Check golfsmith's web site.

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