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Title: Belt Chirping Post by JPSavage on 07/13/16 at 13:13:37 Anyone have any experience with a noisy belt? I don't hear anything over the sound of the engine, while riding it, but if I'm pushing the bike in to the parking space (engine off) it's pretty loud. |
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Title: Re: Belt Chirping Post by stewmills on 07/13/16 at 13:44:35 It's gonna do that. If it doesn't squeal while riding, then I think you're in good shape. Not always, but a noisy squeaking/whining belt under operation means a potentially misaligned rear wheel or pulley. |
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Title: Re: Belt Chirping Post by verslagen1 on 07/13/16 at 14:41:39 http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1260147857/0 |
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Title: Re: Belt Chirping Post by Kris01 on 07/13/16 at 18:25:43 My belt makes a noise under decel. I think it's normal. It may be a little tight though. |
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Title: Re: Belt Chirping Post by RaleighGuy on 07/14/16 at 04:33:11 6F564D571415240 wrote:
------------------------------- Mine makes a small squeal during decel also but I'm fairly certain my belt is not too tight. It sounded pretty normal to me, actually. Just like |
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Title: Re: Belt Chirping Post by stewmills on 07/14/16 at 07:59:34 Even with the rear shim mod to make sure everything was aligned, mine started to squeal a few months ago. I had my belt tensioned to the 90 degree two finger method. However, I tried loosening the belt just a smidgen and whatta you know, the squeal stopped! So, don't go too loose, but if you have the patience you can consider lightening the tension just a bit and see if that helps. As I understand it, when you sit on the bike and depress the shocks it increases the tension on the belt so a smidgen loose at rest is not too critical so long as you weigh more than 100 lbs and actually depress the shocks when you sit on the bike. Dave/Versy/Serow (and others), please correct me if I am leading anyone astray here. |
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Title: Re: Belt Chirping Post by Kris01 on 07/14/16 at 19:30:19 3633323E2E333331395C0 wrote:
Now you're getting it! ;D |
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Title: Re: Belt Chirping Post by Blade on 07/14/16 at 21:32:50 I had a chirpy belt, turned out it was this: |
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Title: Re: Belt Chirping Post by Dave on 07/15/16 at 04:05:32 103E333637520 wrote:
And what is this? The pulley was rubbing on something...but what? Where the rubber spacers and sleeves missing from the pulley cover? |
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Title: Re: Belt Chirping Post by Blade on 07/15/16 at 04:36:57 The teeth had worn from a square profile to a triangle profile allowing the pulley to wobble on the shaft. The belt rubbing on the out of alignment pulley was only a symptom. |
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Title: Re: Belt Chirping Post by Dave on 07/15/16 at 04:45:32 527C717475100 wrote:
YIKES! That isn't good. |
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Title: Re: Belt Chirping Post by Blade on 07/15/16 at 07:20:39 Yes, solved with a new pulley. No wobble, no chirp! If you suspect this is the cause of your chirp, put one hand on each side of the pulley and twist back and forth. Any movement is a bad sign. |
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Title: Re: Belt Chirping Post by justin_o_guy2 on 07/15/16 at 07:35:13 Check it often.. Someone filled the gaps with JB Weld.. Wonder how that is working out. |
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Title: Re: Belt Chirping Post by Kris01 on 07/15/16 at 19:09:59 Didn't OF "glue" his down with RTV or am I thinking of something else? Oldfeller, sorry to refer to you in the 3rd person. I don't see you around much. |
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