Changed tire-Now Final Drive noise

Re: Changed tire-Now Final Drive noise

feeds@yuku.com (alepel) — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:03:59 GMT

Tony....you da man

Re: Changed tire-Now Final Drive noise

feeds@yuku.com (tonythecarguy) — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:43:55 GMT

Glad to hear you're back on the road. Yet another benefit of this site, we can benefit from each others experiences.

Re: Changed tire-Now Final Drive noise

feeds@yuku.com (Phaedrus) — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 21:08:25 GMT

Tony, you called it right. After taking the wheel off again and reassembling it, I could not see what I could have done wrong, so I took it for another test ride. This time I looked for different road surfaces, and the sound did change. It is tire noise. Thanks for your input Tony, your words reassured me after that last test ride. And since it fooled you for a while too, I don't feel quite so...

Re: Changed tire-Now Final Drive noise

feeds@yuku.com (Skip MMShadowT) — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 23:14:45 GMT

Good luck.

Re: Changed tire-Now Final Drive noise

feeds@yuku.com (Phaedrus) — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 12:16:07 GMT

Well this is my plan. I am going to take the wheel off again and check that I did not miss something durning assembly last time. I followed the Clymers manual explicitly, last time. I think I will try a recommendation I saw in a post here, to remove the bolts from the shocks to let the axil drop lower than the mufflers, so you don't have to mess with the mufflers. Rechecking the assembly will make sure all the parts are where they are supposed to be and are accounted for. The noise...

Re: Changed tire-Now Final Drive noise

feeds@yuku.com (Phaedrus) — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 09:46:15 GMT

I was trying to test for tire noise, and the sound did not change as I was coasting while swirving from side to side. I would think that the sound would change iif it were tire noise, but maybe not.

Re: Changed tire-Now Final Drive noise

feeds@yuku.com (tonythecarguy) — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:52:27 GMT

Is this your first E3? they make a heck of a wurring nose when new. I thought my first one was going to come apart on me it made so much noise but it quieted down after 5k or so and when on to give me 17k. I also suspected I had reassembled something wrong.

Changed tire-Now Final Drive noise

feeds@yuku.com (Phaedrus) — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 13:31:58 GMT

I just installed a new E3 tire on the rear and put the wheel back on. When I took it out for a test ride, I noticed a noise coming from the final drive. It was noticeable when I was slowing to a stop (due to less noise from the exhaust). So I could hear it while coasting to a stop with the clutch in or in neutral. I took it home and put it on the lift. I spun the tire but I was hearing more disk brake drag than anything (at one point during my test ride I was able to touch the disk for the...