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Title: CHIRPING SOUND Post by grey-head on 10/18/06 at 18:33:02 MY SAVAGE IS A 2001 WITH 22000 MILES ON IT, RECENTLY IT STARTED MAKING A CHIRPING SOUND (THAT'S THE BEST WAY I CAN DESCRIBE IT) WHEN I SHIFT GEARS AND WHEN I LET OFF THE THROTTLE. THE CHIRP SEEMS TO BE COMING FROM THE BELT (USED THE FACTORY ADJUSTER TO CHECK TENSION) CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT THIS MIGHT BE? THANKS AND GOD BLESS...GREYHEAD |
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Title: Re: CHIRPING SOUND Post by steelwolf on 10/18/06 at 18:35:56 It's the belt. Take your factory adjuster and sell it on ebay. It's worthless. Adjust the belt manually by tightening/loosening until you can turn it 90* in the middle. ;) |
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Title: Re: CHIRPING SOUND Post by sluggo on 10/18/06 at 18:59:32 this again, ;) ok.. several factors to be considered. belt adjustment, belt alignment, high humidity. the best thing to do is adjust, then ignore it. |
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Title: Re: CHIRPING SOUND Post by Savage_Rob on 10/18/06 at 19:58:50 And that 90° twist should be in the middle of the bottom length of belt. |
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Title: Re: CHIRPING SOUND Post by georgekathe on 10/19/06 at 10:35:26 how come you don't have to rotate wheel to find tight spot on belt to adjust where that falls @ bottom of chain run as you do with a chain - nobody seems to put this down as a requisite. |
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Title: Re: CHIRPING SOUND Post by Max_Morley on 10/19/06 at 20:52:36 I've rolled mine over many time while supported on the muffler bracket with a scissors jack and never noticed a tight spot like I often found in chain drive. Will have to check this out more next time mine is on the hoist for service. Max |
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Title: Re: CHIRPING SOUND Post by luken on 10/20/06 at 13:49:06 I have a chirping sounds too. Drives me nuts, I have no clue what it is. Sounds like its coming somewhere from the carb but I have taken that apart 3 times and still nothing. Ill pay more attention to the belt though. |
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Title: Re: CHIRPING SOUND Post by Trippah on 10/20/06 at 14:58:19 luken- does your passenger have a rather elongated body and odd helmet? Kinda overdoes the body armor?? :D |
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Title: Re: CHIRPING SOUND Post by thumperclone on 10/20/06 at 18:35:01 when i was shopping for a bike last feb my main 2 choices came down to the savage and the kaw vulcan 500 ltd..dealer at kaw was a stealer wouldnt deal PLUS bike had a chain.... love my suzi to pieces but the belt chip drives me nuts..tried the tension tool, the 90 deg method, the dealer when he mounted my metzlers.. all adjustements in the last 6-8 weeks have not lasted more than a few days.. ok... supossed to get down in the 20s tonite was 50+ today .. reason i metion temp, when i rode UP to the mesa(10k asl im at 4 k or so) a couple of times this summer, tee shirt in the valley chaps and leather jacket up top, the belt responded to the temp change,fine here,chirpin on the way up top(sometimes its a "wall"of temp change w/ elevation gain) about the same time the ears equalize the second time.. i thought the advantage of a belt was less headaches....can (should) belts be so temp sensitive as they age?5k on the od.... ??? |
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Title: Re: CHIRPING SOUND Post by barry68v10 on 10/21/06 at 14:33:08 Nothing a good set of earplugs won't fix ;D Yes, belts are temp/humidity sensative in terms of the sounds they make but they don't wear unevenly like a chain (that's what causes the tight and loose spots.) |
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Title: Re: CHIRPING SOUND Post by steelwolf on 10/21/06 at 18:49:13 The problem you guys/gals are having with belt chip can be cured simply by getting a louder pipe! :o ;D :o |
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Title: Re: CHIRPING SOUND Post by georgekathe on 10/21/06 at 19:45:58 can't get much too louder than the pipe I have, steelwolf - as it is Kathe hates it! ask thumper clone - he is not happy with chirping noise & has same muffler :) |
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Title: Re: CHIRPING SOUND Post by thumperclone on 10/22/06 at 08:03:47 steelwolf wrote:
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Title: Re: CHIRPING SOUND Post by Salad_Shaker on 10/25/06 at 09:03:37 Previous threads on this theme - it could even have been back on Bert's site also suggested two other possibilities foir chirping belts: some belt grease needed (I have none nor have I ever used any so I'm not talking from experience just from memory) or the belt fouling the belt guard and the chirp being produced as the swinging arm moves with the road surface. You'd have to have a dinged belt guard for that one methinks. |
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Title: Re: CHIRPING SOUND Post by steelwolf on 10/25/06 at 15:28:15 georgekathe wrote:
Gotta loose the baffles. ;D :o ;D |
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Title: Re: CHIRPING SOUND Post by georgekathe on 10/25/06 at 18:09:59 I know thumperclone tried to get his out & couldn't & both our mufflers are new. ;D |
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Title: Re: CHIRPING SOUND Post by Charley992002 on 10/26/06 at 14:14:30 I have used candle wax (actually one of the wife's bathroom candles) ;D rubbed on the edges of the belt inside and out. If you don't have a lift, no worries, just do what you can reach and then move the bike until you get to the next section not waxed. The wax leaves a little residue so it is easy to see. Charley, N. Texas |
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Title: Re: CHIRPING SOUND Post by conchscooter on 10/27/06 at 00:38:56 On my Savage (a 2002) the chirping is from the little triangular covers next to the battery. the rubber doo-hickeys need support and i stuff electrical tape in the slots when i reassemble the covers. It helps for a while. When you hear chirping put your hand on the cover and magically it will disappear. My belt only squeaks when its drying out after rain. |
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Title: Re: CHIRPING SOUND Post by Fido_the_Cat on 10/27/06 at 20:00:27 I'm not sure I came across this problem yet. (02 Savage) I have the chirping that seems to be the muffler mounting Although now that the muffler is tight the chirping returns but the bike is just throttling up, not moving. This is not to be confused with the rattle from the speedo which took me months to find it. BTW found it here on one of my early visits, great place for all that is "Savage" I welcome your suggestions because I have yet to find the chirp that seems to come out of the muffler, you say check the belt? I never thought to look there. |
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Title: Re: CHIRPING SOUND Post by luken on 10/28/06 at 08:29:06 I have the same problem. An 02, only chirps when I accelerate. At first I thought it was a leak in the muffler, but the sound is coming from the carb. I took it apart and checked everything in it twice. As far as I can tell the belt is fine (5k miles). I have just resigned to get a screamin eagle so that I cant hear it. :P |
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