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#108064 Frankallen (User) Junior Boarder Posts: 155 Check your Front Pulley!!! 3 Months, 3 Weeks ago   For the last week or two, I have been hearing this sound, in my belt or somewhere in the back. I thought maybe the belt just needed adjusting so I held off. Well, it started to get louder and louder so today I took my 2005 Roadie with 9300 miles to the stealer. I told the wrench what it had been doing, so he checked it out. A few minutes later he called me back to the shop to look, the Front Pulley was about to come off!! It had done some damage to my belt,but he thought, it would be okay. THE LOCK WASHER WAS NEVER PUT ON AT THE FACTORY!! So, he fixed it up and put a lock washer and torqued the nut. Everything now is quiet!! So Please check your front Pulley to make sure it's not loose...Wish I had, it would saved me $76.00 Ride Safe, Frank from Bama   Logged     Last Edit: 2008/08/11 13:05 By Frankallen.     The administrator has disabled public write access. #108065 Gram (Admin) Musky took my beer! Admin Posts: 2434 Re:Check your Front Pulley!!! 3 Months, 3 Weeks ago   sheesh... glad you found it Frank. That could have been ugly.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #108075 Cougar (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 2703 Re:Check your Front Pulley!!! 3 Months, 3 Weeks ago   Funny you should mention that Frank.My bike is scattered all over my shop and that is 1 of the things I was looking at while I was adjusting my belt and checking the alignment because I started hearing a clicking sound that turns out to be the belt.After crawling around from one side to the other measuring etc....believe I may have paid someone 75 bucks to do it for me or at least have an assistant ohhhh and if you have Dooleys as I do you have to remove the left side pipe....Coug   Logged     Last Edit: 2008/08/11 14:07 By Cougar.     The administrator has disabled public write access. #108080 2005Roadstar (User) Proper Prior Planning Prevents PissPoorPerformance Expert Boarder Posts: 461 Re:Check your Front Pulley!!! 3 Months, 3 Weeks ago   This should be a warning to all '05 Road Star owners. You're not the first one to discover that the front pully wasn't tightened to spec from the factory. I've heard of several cases. I found mine was only finger tight last summer when I had a tranny oil leak and had to replace the seal and o-ring. Luckily the splined washer was in place and the pully hadn't backed off, but it was definitely not as tight as it should have been. No harder than the front pully is to access, I'd recommend everyone check their's, especially if you have an '05. In The Wind, Aaron   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #108084 Crusierbob (User) Expert Boarder Posts: 504 Re:Check your Front Pulley!!! 3 Months, 3 Weeks ago   Just a thought, but it seems to me that if in fact the lock washer was not installed at the Factory that any repairs should be covered as a manufacturing defect regardless of warranty term???? This is a serious safety issue and should at least be reported by the dealer to Yamaha for review and action.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #108087 Helmut (User) If you can't be young be immature Senior Boarder Posts: 352 Re:Check your Front Pulley!!! 3 Months, 3 Weeks ago   Crusierbob wrote: Just a thought, but it seems to me that if in fact the lock washer was not installed at the Factory that any repairs should be covered as a manufacturing defect regardless of warranty term???? This is a serious safety issue and should at least be reported by the dealer to Yamaha for review and action. Absolutely. If they had tried to charge me for that I would have told them to get stuffed. That is for sure a factory issue   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #108150 Curt (User) Never to old to ride! Platinum Boarder Posts: 3070 Re:Check your Front Pulley!!! 3 Months, 3 Weeks ago   WOW Guess I better check mine then.   Logged     Black Ice is Shinny, Black Ice is Deadly, Ya Wanna Ride My BlackIce?   The administrator has disabled public write access. #108151 Jesusman (User) Junior Boarder Posts: 141 Re:Check your Front Pulley!!! 3 Months, 3 Weeks ago   If possible, could you explain what the sound was like? Thanks JM   Logged     Jesus rides a Roadstar   The administrator has disabled public write access. #108229 Frankallen (User) Junior Boarder Posts: 155 Re:Check your Front Pulley!!! 3 Months, 3 Weeks ago   The sound was like the belt rubbing.Could really hear it good when you got away from traffic and went about 5 to 25 mph. Hope this Helps! Ride Safe, Frank   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #108271 Cougar (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 2703 Re:Check your Front Pulley!!! 3 Months, 3 Weeks ago   By the way guys it is only 7 bolts to remove the cover to check it, unless you are running Roadhouse Dooleys then you have to remove the left side pipes ...Coug   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access.

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