|
|||||||
 |
|
|
Thread Tools |
07-27-2011, 12:23 PM
|
#1 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 1
|
2008 Vulcan 900 Classic noise
I have a squeaking noise in the rear end of my 900. It sounds like a bedspring in motion. The dealer thinks it may be the belt, but is not sure. The rear tire was just replaced and everything looked good. The noise is louder now than before the tire replacement. There are 7500 miles on the bike. The noise started about 3000 miles ago and I cannot figure it out.
I cannot get it to make the noise standing still, only when driving slowly or on the highway. It really squeaks upon acceleration. Any ideas? Last edited by bergkr : 07-27-2011 at 12:25 PM. |
|
|
| Sponsored Links | Remove Advertisements |
|
Motorcycle Forum Advertisement |
|
|
07-27-2011, 12:52 PM
|
#2 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Boston, MA
Posts: 109
|
The rubber ducky in your saddlebag gets motion sickness.
Sorry, nothing to contribute except humor. |
|
|
|
|
07-27-2011, 01:15 PM
|
#3 |
|
Founding Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Livin' in a Van: down by the Mariana Trench
Posts: 10,891
|
Is it a constant "squeal", an intermittent squeak, rythmic, speed-dependent, worse over bumpy-roads, what?
__________________
Parfois, on fait pas semblant Sometimes, it's not pretend Oderint Dum Metuant Let them hate so long as they fear политики предпочитают безоружных крестьян Politicians Prefer Unarmed Peasants Nothing to see here, Citizen. Move along now... |
|
|
|
|
07-27-2011, 01:27 PM
|
#4 |
|
Founding Member
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: SF
Posts: 2,702
|
Swing arm bushings under load? Can you wiggle the rear tire side to side and get any play out of the swing arm? My stone age RM250 was like that.
|
|
|
|
|
07-27-2011, 01:55 PM
|
#5 |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 1,309
|
It's probably either:
Insufficient belt tension. Misalignment between the primary and secondary pulleys. The most likely scenario is the guys who changed the tires didn't tighten the belt enough. They have to be a lot tighter than you'd think... It's also possible they left out or mis-installed a spacer on the rear axle and moved the rear tire over a fraction of an inch.
__________________
Fun Facts to Know and Tell! Thomas Jefferson wrote that the 1st Amendment erected a "wall of separation" between the church and the state (James Madison said it "drew a line," but it is Jefferson's term that sticks with us today). The phrase is commonly thought to mean that the government should not establish, support, or otherwise involve itself in any religion. Its.......A FACT! |
|
|
|
|
07-27-2011, 02:04 PM
|
#6 |
|
Founding Member
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Baja 'Bama
Posts: 3,478
|
Rear brake chatter?
__________________
You would not understand, this is not how I am... I have become - Comfortably Numb. |
|
|
|
|
07-27-2011, 04:21 PM
|
#7 | |
|
Registered Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Central Illinois/North Cent. Florida
Posts: 763
|
Quote:
It could be the belt. Put some water on it. Won't hurt the belt any and it might change the noise enough to give you a clue. I took my truck in recently for an idler pulley; it was SQUEELING when cold. I thought it was the pulley; so did the mechanic last time it was in. Turned out to be the belt.
__________________
My Rides: '07 Honda Shadow VLX 600 '06 Suzuki S-50 (VS800) |
|
|
|
|
|
07-29-2011, 08:34 AM
|
#8 | |
|
Registered Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Kalapana, Big Island
Posts: 3,956
|
Bingo!
Quote:
Try and secure a tension tool to check it.
__________________
"YOU CAN'T BOLT ON SKILL" "The only thing limiting your bike, is you" We survived Bush you'll survive Obama! "the most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive." --thomas sowell |
|
|
|
|
|
«
Previous Thread
|
Next Thread
»
| Thread Tools | |
|
|
