I’ll be interested to see your longterm experience. I installed a Slack-R Echo on my Al Chameleon and couldn’t get it to stop creaking/popping. I reinstalled a few times and it’d be okay for a ride or two then would come back. Removal was sort of a bear trying to wrestle the loctite while not spinning the cups in the frame. Maybe an installer (ham fisted me) issue, but after a few tries I decided I was actually pretty happy without it. Hopefully it was just me because it otherwise seems like a great option.
One thing to watch for is that on my installation the threads on the top cup bottomed out before the treads on the bottom. When threaded on equally there were ~4 threads still showing on the bottom cup when the top was tight. Something to keep an eye on when installing because for me it meant that when I went to torque it all down initially the threads on the top bound and the cups spun in the frame. …that might not make sense without the parts in hand*.
This was from Oct/2020 so things might have changed since then as well.
*Actually, your assembled product shot shows what I’m talking about. A few more threads on the bottom cup. In my case that was enough to make a difference.
June 22, 2021, 2:06 p.m. - LesterChester
I’ll be interested to see your longterm experience. I installed a Slack-R Echo on my Al Chameleon and couldn’t get it to stop creaking/popping. I reinstalled a few times and it’d be okay for a ride or two then would come back. Removal was sort of a bear trying to wrestle the loctite while not spinning the cups in the frame. Maybe an installer (ham fisted me) issue, but after a few tries I decided I was actually pretty happy without it. Hopefully it was just me because it otherwise seems like a great option. One thing to watch for is that on my installation the threads on the top cup bottomed out before the treads on the bottom. When threaded on equally there were ~4 threads still showing on the bottom cup when the top was tight. Something to keep an eye on when installing because for me it meant that when I went to torque it all down initially the threads on the top bound and the cups spun in the frame. …that might not make sense without the parts in hand*. This was from Oct/2020 so things might have changed since then as well. *Actually, your assembled product shot shows what I’m talking about. A few more threads on the bottom cup. In my case that was enough to make a difference.