forgot my last post to be (nklr)

[Weaver, Mark]

unfortunately, it doesn't start to squeak until i get up to around 15-20 mph or so, so the circle thing will be hard. it's pretty definitely the front wheel somewhere. a week or so ago i puttered around in a parking lot hanging over the front end, then back, then sides, etc.. you're right about tracking down noises. i have plenty of experience doing it from my bike mechanic days. they're even worse becuase they don't have motors to drown out the little noises. after work tonight i'm going to the following (stopping whenever the squeal is fixed): 1) spray a smidge of wd40 at the seal. 2) ride 3) disconnect speedo, inspect 4) ride at unknown speeds 5) reconnect speedo, remove front caliper 6) ride very carefully 7) replace hub bearings 8) ride quietly (i hope) i'll report back tomorrow. mark weaver

> -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Hyman [mailto:professor.jim@...] > Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2000 4:08 PM > To: DSN_klr650@egroups.com > Subject: [DSN_klr650] Re: stupid squeaking > > > Mark, > > Rob's suggestion to check the speedo gear & cable is good. > There should be some grease in the speedo gear housing. > Be sure to reinstall the speedo housing carefully, making > sure that the tabs on the speedo gear line up with the > wheel hub. > You might want to try this: get a friend, ride your bike > slowly in a circle with your friend walking beside your > bike (on the inside of the circle) to help locate where > the squeak is coming from. You might have to do this > twice, once travelling clockwise & once counter clockwise. > Don't focus only on the front wheel, tracking down the > source of a sound can be tricky. > This has worked for me in the past. > > Professor A9 Federal Way, Wa. [USA] > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > --- "Weaver, Mark" wrote: > > well, on the off chance that my front wheel squeak was coming from > the disc,i pulled the caliper off and lightly sanded the pads. didn't > seem to have much effect, plus putting on the brakes doesn't really > change it in the first place ... > [snip] > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > Missing old school friends? Find them here: > http://click.egroups.com/1/4055/5/_/911801/_/958691300/ > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... > Let's keep this list SPAM free! > > Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com > >

[bmgecko]

Ooops! I'll try to remember the NKLR Subject line next time! Sorry, Chris Astier