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If it's just creaking they might just need repacking. if you're washing your bike with hose or pressure washer or the likes, give the bearings a spray with something that's got s surfactant in like teflon to provide another barrier for the water to get through.
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In the upper rocker arm there are four fairly small sealed bearings, three of them are fine, one of them is screwed- and it’s the one that is above the chainset and likely bore the brunt of most hose action. Lesson learned there.
I have emailed Pace asking for a full bearing set, I’ll take it back apart when they arrive, clean it all again and press the new bearings in.
Dammit
Had a lot of fun yesterday, didn’t get out today so broken the rear suspension down to service it as penance- and of course one of the bearings that I don’t have is shot. I think I may actually park the full suspension bike up for winter next year given the grinding paste I’ve been spending some hours evicting.