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TOPIC: Re:Odd Squeek
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Odd Squeek 4 Years, 4 Months ago
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Hi All,
Anyone have an idea what may be causing a loud intermittent squeek which seems to originate somewhere from the centre lower left side of my R*?????? It is difficult to pin down exactly as it only happens when riding.
It only occurs when decelerating (not braking) and is worse when I am carry more weight ie. passenger.
There is a long winding hill from my village down to the motorway (4 miles or so) that I use very often and by the time I reach the Motorway the skweekedy skweek is enough to drive me crazy.
I have checked the suspension front and rear and it is not that.
Any help or suggestions greatly appreciated.  |
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Re:Odd Squeek 4 Years, 4 Months ago
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I would guess your belt is loose.
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Re:Odd Squeek 4 Years, 4 Months ago
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Or the plastic belt guide rollers at the front pully .
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Re:Odd Squeek 4 Years, 4 Months ago
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Thanks Musky and Greysnake,
I had checked the belt tension, but I will take a closer look and check the belt guide.  |
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Re:Odd Squeek 4 Years, 4 Months ago
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Pretty sure the squeaking comes from the front pulley’s plastic belt guide rollers. I experienced the same damn squeak and it often happened after being caught in heavy rain. Water and dirt enters the front pulley housing with the fast rotating movement of the belt causing the small amount of grease on the pin dowel (on which the plastic belt guides slide onto) to dry up resulting in an annoying squeaking sound. 
The problem can be easily solved by taking the pulley cover off and by cleaning and adding a little dab of grease on the pin dowel, but not on the plastic belt guide rollers tho. I had to go in there and clean up the mess a few times and the squeaking immediately stopped. But I’m afraid this problem is a recurrent one. 
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Last Edit: 2012/01/12 12:35 By ROADGRABBER.
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Re:Odd Squeek 4 Years, 4 Months ago
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Thanks RG,
That sounds spot on. It only rains here about a dozen times a year, but a couple of weeks ago I drove for about 40 miles in very heavy rain with muddy puddles. I didnt put 2 + 2 together, but it was after that the squeek began.
Guess what I will be doing tomorrow .  |
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Re:Odd Squeek 4 Years, 4 Months ago
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You can also eliminate the squeak by removing the white plastic belt guides....they are not an absolute necessity. I have heard of numerous people including myself taking them off all together and it eliminated that belt squeak coming from the pulley cover.
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Re:Odd Squeek 4 Years, 4 Months ago
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martinbo,
By the way, the best tool to take the front pulley cover off if you don’t want to fool around all day is a 3/8" ratchet with a hex socket driver and a little 5w40, just be careful not to over tight the hex bolts head afterwards. Incidentally I used the same tool to take my footrest off, I used a stronger 1/2" ratchet tho and man they were out in a jiffy, the torque is awesome, didn’t break or rounded of any bolts. Maybe I was just plain lucky cause I’ve noticed that many of you struggled a lot with this issue. 
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Re:Odd Squeek 4 Years, 4 Months ago
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RE:
By the way, the best tool to take the front pulley cover off if you don’t want to fool around all day is a 3/8" ratchet with a hex socket driver and a little 5w40, just be careful not to over tight the hex bolts head afterwards. Incidentally I used the same tool to take my footrest off, I used a stronger 1/2" ratchet tho and man they were out in a jiffy, the torque is awesome, didn’t break or rounded of any bolts. Maybe I was just plain lucky cause I’ve noticed that many of you struggled a lot with this issue.
RG
I spent this afternoon working on the squeek. I removed the front pulley cover and while I was doing so I thought to myself "what I need here is a 3/8" ratchet with a hex socket driver and a little 5w40" and I made a mental note to make one up ready for next time. It would have been a very useful tool for this job.
The nylon rollers were indeed very gunked up, but after some TLC and a thin coating of petrolium jelly on the shafts, they were re-installed and HEY PRESTO - no more squeek.
I got so into my mini project that I ended up doing a complete (and I really mean complete) wash and polish. Didn't get back on the road until after dark (8.45 pm here at time of writing).
Once again, thanks for all of the helpful comments and support. 
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Re:Odd Squeek 4 Years, 4 Months ago
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Ya, I’ve sent you some positive waves for the 3/8” ratchet! 
Glad things worked out great. Was 99.9% sure that was the problem!
I have the TORX, L-shape, Ball hex wrenches and all that jazz, but a good quality ratchet with a hex socket driver is incomparable for jobs where torque is needed. 
BTW your bike looks great with the hypercharger and all, what year is it?
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