Dutch82 wrote on 06/13/12 at 09:20:20:My ears deceived me. I took off the pulley cover, belt guard and left rear shock yesterday to have a closer look. I narrowed it down to the rear wheel, but it appears it is coming from the RIGHT side of the rear wheel. I don't have a hoist, so I'm going to have to wait till a buddy has some time to help me out so I can get it up in the air.
It doesn't sound like a bearing. Maybe just something stuck in the brake pad?
Something to check if nothing else obvious pans out:
This may be a long shot, but I had a similar problem on my old '81 Gold Wing. When I finally found the source of the noise, it turned out that the rear wheel bearings were fitting a bit loosely in their housings. The wheel bearings, having steel housings (of course) had "hogged out" their housings in the hub, which was made of aluminum.
Turned out that it was a known problem on those bikes...the only published solution being to plunk down big bucks for a new rear wheel.
Well, I'm too cheap for that, so after thinkin' on it, I miked the bearing housings' ODs and then the wheel hub cavities' IDs. Came up with a number that represented the clearance between the two. Got hold of some strips of stainless steel shim strips that were the proper thickness, popped those into the hub, drove in the wheel bearings....end of problem. I had that bike for another 30,000 miles or so and the problem never came back.
Cause? Well, I
was guilty of overloading that bike a bit when embarking on long trips.....
IHTH someone!
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