I have been annoyed by this bearing whine the entire 11 months I have had my 2010 ST1300, 38k miles. To the point that I replaced the front wheel bearings expecting things to quiet down. They did not.
BTW the OE bearings could be made to sing by side loading them in a turn. One side would make more sound than the other. This no longer happens with the replacement front bearings.
Now it's all the time when moving, but it seems to change with clutch engagement and release. Might be a little quieter with the clutch disengaged.
Would I be all right to pick up the rear wheel and run it in the air as an attempt to isolate the rear from the front? If no maybe I can have the local dyno shop run the rear wheel with a rider weighting the swingarm which will make it stay at it's riding attitude, where it belongs.
With the sound up front I am tempted to just get a clutch throwout bearing. And maybe just do the clutch any way since I would be in there.
I suppose I could redo the front bearing, but I'd much rather be certain. After all the definition of insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly expecting a different result!
What's the thinking, and do they all whine?
BTW the OE bearings could be made to sing by side loading them in a turn. One side would make more sound than the other. This no longer happens with the replacement front bearings.
Now it's all the time when moving, but it seems to change with clutch engagement and release. Might be a little quieter with the clutch disengaged.
Would I be all right to pick up the rear wheel and run it in the air as an attempt to isolate the rear from the front? If no maybe I can have the local dyno shop run the rear wheel with a rider weighting the swingarm which will make it stay at it's riding attitude, where it belongs.
With the sound up front I am tempted to just get a clutch throwout bearing. And maybe just do the clutch any way since I would be in there.
I suppose I could redo the front bearing, but I'd much rather be certain. After all the definition of insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly expecting a different result!
What's the thinking, and do they all whine?
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