Before I headed to SeaSTOC I changed the cush drive dampeners. The looked fine but I was approaching 50k miles so figured why not.
Well, right after I put them on, I noticed my wheel did not spin freely, and I could hear the rubber dampeners inside the wheel.
There is some resistance like the rubber is holding the wheel back a little, then it will release.
But, I figured it was just because they were new as it didn't do it before.
I went to SeaSTOC and a couple other local rides and have roughy 4k miles on the new dampeners.
They still have the same noise and resistance, so today I decided to put the old ones back in to see what that would do. Guess what? No difference.
Things I've checked:
- All the bearings are Good
- splines are Good
- Brakes are Good
- Axle is Good
- Wheel is Good
- Rotor is Good
I just changed the final drive oil just in case as it had been 12k miles since I last did it. It did smooth the action out a little but the noise/resistance is still there.
I did separate the brake pads so they are not contacting the rotor at all.
It's hard to describe the issue as the wheel isn't locked, it spins but you hear the dampeners and there it will show as you here the noise.
The noise is only coming from the wheel, not the splines or the other parts of the drive line.
The bike has zero vibration or other issues, rides perfectly and gets good mileage so no other issues.
So, for those that have changed out the dampeners, did you ever encounter this? I'm not really worried as the bike functions perfectly and there are no other issues that I've been able to identify as of yet.
Update: 12/19/2010
This was a bad u-joint, pics are in posts #100 and #104
Well, right after I put them on, I noticed my wheel did not spin freely, and I could hear the rubber dampeners inside the wheel.
There is some resistance like the rubber is holding the wheel back a little, then it will release.
But, I figured it was just because they were new as it didn't do it before.
I went to SeaSTOC and a couple other local rides and have roughy 4k miles on the new dampeners.
They still have the same noise and resistance, so today I decided to put the old ones back in to see what that would do. Guess what? No difference.
Things I've checked:
- All the bearings are Good
- splines are Good
- Brakes are Good
- Axle is Good
- Wheel is Good
- Rotor is Good
I just changed the final drive oil just in case as it had been 12k miles since I last did it. It did smooth the action out a little but the noise/resistance is still there.
I did separate the brake pads so they are not contacting the rotor at all.
It's hard to describe the issue as the wheel isn't locked, it spins but you hear the dampeners and there it will show as you here the noise.
The noise is only coming from the wheel, not the splines or the other parts of the drive line.
The bike has zero vibration or other issues, rides perfectly and gets good mileage so no other issues.
So, for those that have changed out the dampeners, did you ever encounter this? I'm not really worried as the bike functions perfectly and there are no other issues that I've been able to identify as of yet.
Update: 12/19/2010
This was a bad u-joint, pics are in posts #100 and #104