Sun, 11 Jul 1999 10:38:33 +0100
- Message No. 5991
From: Richard Savage
Subject: Re: Rumbling noise
Update to my rumbling noise. I had the bike checked yesterday. The
mechanic found that the rear caliper is quite loose on it's mountings and
can rattle about. This forces the pads away from the disc which makes it
rattle more. He thinks that this may have been the cause of my frightening
noise and has put a Fireblade anti-chatter pad in the caliper. So far the
noise has gone. In fact my @ sounds like a new bike. Just to be on the
safe side I have ordered a set of new rear wheel bearings! I will keep you
posted.
Richard
Richard Savage wrote:
> Dear All, I have what I fear may be output bearing failure in the
> transmission of my 40,000 Km RD07.
>
> Symptoms:
>
> Rumbling growling noise at low speeds that is present in neutral with
> engine off when the bike is rolling down hill. There is no change in
> noise if I coast in gear but with the clutch pulled in.
>
> I have checked the chain tension which used to be the cause of the same
> noise on my Yamaha Super Tenere. Can anyone make any encouraging
> suggestions?
>
> rgds Richard
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