Hi,
I've been a member, mostly lurker, for a while but haven't been here in years. I still have an ST that I bought in 06, even though others have come and gone, because I love the bike.
I've got a problem you guys have seen before and I'm looking for advice. My bike has about 61000 miles and last year around August I limped it home from work. The problem; when I would decelerate, usually for a stop sign, I kept hearing some banging from what I thought was the rear. I even stopped on the side of the road to see if something was loose with the rear brake. Didn't find anything. One last data point, it was a really hot day.
When I got home after thinking about it and doing a little research, I thought it might be the u-joint, even though that seemed like pretty low miles for a problem with a Honda. For confirmation, I put it on the centerstand and tried spinning the wheel. I expected to hear some noise or have excessive slop, but didn't find any.
Well, I had bought a new bike a couple of months before, so the Honda went on the back burner. I must admit, I was two-timing the big girl. Fast forward to now. I've had the ST out several times for rides up to 40 miles and haven't heard a thing. I planned on having a local guy I trust replace the u-joint, but before I took it to him I wanted to make sure that was the problem.
So my questions for you guys that have had the problem or have read a lot more about it than me are:
Is a banging noise upon deceleration consistent with a failing u-joint?
Would the colder weather have anything to do with not having the symptoms now? Originally, I thought cold grease wouldn't let it flop so much, but in all reality there's probably very little grease there anyway.
Any other problem that would have caused the noise then?
Unless I hear different, I'm still leaning toward a bad u-joint but sure would like to hear theories about why it's not making noise now.
Thanks in advance for ideas.
Steve
I've been a member, mostly lurker, for a while but haven't been here in years. I still have an ST that I bought in 06, even though others have come and gone, because I love the bike.
I've got a problem you guys have seen before and I'm looking for advice. My bike has about 61000 miles and last year around August I limped it home from work. The problem; when I would decelerate, usually for a stop sign, I kept hearing some banging from what I thought was the rear. I even stopped on the side of the road to see if something was loose with the rear brake. Didn't find anything. One last data point, it was a really hot day.
When I got home after thinking about it and doing a little research, I thought it might be the u-joint, even though that seemed like pretty low miles for a problem with a Honda. For confirmation, I put it on the centerstand and tried spinning the wheel. I expected to hear some noise or have excessive slop, but didn't find any.
Well, I had bought a new bike a couple of months before, so the Honda went on the back burner. I must admit, I was two-timing the big girl. Fast forward to now. I've had the ST out several times for rides up to 40 miles and haven't heard a thing. I planned on having a local guy I trust replace the u-joint, but before I took it to him I wanted to make sure that was the problem.
So my questions for you guys that have had the problem or have read a lot more about it than me are:
Is a banging noise upon deceleration consistent with a failing u-joint?
Would the colder weather have anything to do with not having the symptoms now? Originally, I thought cold grease wouldn't let it flop so much, but in all reality there's probably very little grease there anyway.
Any other problem that would have caused the noise then?
Unless I hear different, I'm still leaning toward a bad u-joint but sure would like to hear theories about why it's not making noise now.
Thanks in advance for ideas.
Steve