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Cory Full Member Offline Ride Hard Or Stay Home Posts: 124 OHIO Gender:	Noise when i give the bike gas 03/02/08 at 20:10:54 i noticed today while out riding my bike started making a small sqealing noise when i gave it gas to take off not sure what that could be really weird if you ask me i'ts not real loud but i started noticing it after riding for about 3 hours
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Kropatchek Serious Thumper Offline Why more than 1 cylinder? Posts: 1457 Alphen a/d Rijn Netherlands Gender:	Re: Noise when i give the bike gas Reply #1 - 03/03/08 at 06:58:24 Sounds like your belt does not have tthe proper tension or there's some movement of the rear belt pulley. Try rocking the rear belt pulley, if you can the rubber dampers inside the pulley are worn.
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Re: Noise when i give the bike gas
Reply #2 - 03/04/08 at 04:04:11

If the rubber is worn you can shim it up with pieces of inner tube.

Talc helps with the squeak. I have also used Guld canning wax, but it does sling on the wheel & it's kinda nasty. I cant see the wheel when I ride, but I can hear the belt, so I dont sweat the wax buildup.
If you are using the brass belt tensioner adjusting tool, the belt is too tight. If the tension is set so the belt will twist 90 degrees 1/2 way between the front & rear pulleys, using one hand & not breaking a sweat. Anyone in the fifth grade should be stout enough.

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firsts40 Senior Member Offline Proud PGR Member Posts: 316 South Mississippi Gender:	Re: Noise when i give the bike gas Reply #3 - 03/06/08 at 09:59:55 Sometimes mine will do the same thing. It will only do it when it is wet and cold. A little candle wax does the trick for me. My belt is a little tight (adjusted at the dealership), so I am going to fix that this week when I have a few days off without a "honey do" list.
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Re: Noise when i give the bike gas
Reply #4 - 03/06/08 at 12:09:16

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 03/04/08 at 04:04:11:

If the rubber is worn you can shim it up with pieces of inner tube.

Talc helps with the squeak. I have also used Guld canning wax, but it does sling on the wheel & it's kinda nasty. I cant see the wheel when I ride, but I can hear the belt, so I dont sweat the wax buildup.
If you are using the brass belt tensioner adjusting tool, the belt is too tight. If the tension is set so the belt will twist 90 degrees 1/2 way between the front & rear pulleys, using one hand & not breaking a sweat. Anyone in the fifth grade should be stout enough.

I used a bar of soap on the edges of the belt.

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Re: Noise when i give the bike gas
Reply #5 - 03/06/08 at 21:24:44

i will try the bar soap or candlewax method this weekend see what that does the first few times i rode the savage it was really dry and warm out and it didn't do it this last time when i noticed the noise it was around 45 degrees outside and snow had been melting so i ran through alot of water . A guy i work with had me worrying saying the gears might be going bad which i hope is not the case .

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