Final driven gear noise
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Final driven gear noise
Hello all,
1975 GL1000
I noticed my mpg had dropped and suspected I was dragging the rear brake.
I pulled the rear pads and then heard noise in the final drive.
I tried to remedy by changing the gear oil, and cleaning and greasing the splines. It didn't seem to help.
Please have a listen to this and let me know what you think
1975 GL1000
I noticed my mpg had dropped and suspected I was dragging the rear brake.
I pulled the rear pads and then heard noise in the final drive.
I tried to remedy by changing the gear oil, and cleaning and greasing the splines. It didn't seem to help.
Please have a listen to this and let me know what you think
1975 GL1000
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Re: Final driven gear noise
Fixed your first post. Sounds like the rotor scraping on the brake housing to me. Can you see if that might be happening? Last time you had the wheel off are you certain the spacing tube was inside the final drive?
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Re: Final driven gear noise
Thanks for fixing the post.Whiskerfish wrote: ↑Sat Apr 30, 2022 6:14 pm Fixed your first post. Sounds like the rotor scraping on the brake housing to me. Can you see if that might be happening? Last time you had the wheel off are you certain the spacing tube was inside the final drive?
I am certain the spacer is between the bearings
The gear oil did look a little metalic.
I'll have a hopeful look at the rotor clearance and report back
Thank you
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Re: Final driven gear noise
Removing the pads eliminates the rotor noise.
Maybe the bearings then; hopefully. This bike did sit for 33 years
Anyways, grateful for this forum
Maybe the bearings then; hopefully. This bike did sit for 33 years
Anyways, grateful for this forum
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Re: Final driven gear noise
Yep, I’d replace the wheel bearings, but I’d bet you already knew that.
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Re: Final driven gear noise
Loosen the 3 nuts that hold the final drive to the swingarm and back the axle nut off. If the noise changes (mine did) tighten the nuts and axle in the proper sequence. I heard the same noise on mine when I would push it around the garage. I think it comes from a slight mis alignment of the spline on the rear driven flange.
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Re: Final driven gear noise
I'll try today, thanks05c50 wrote: ↑Mon May 02, 2022 8:17 am Loosen the 3 nuts that hold the final drive to the swingarm and back the axle nut off. If the noise changes (mine did) tighten the nuts and axle in the proper sequence. I heard the same noise on mine when I would push it around the garage. I think it comes from a slight mis alignment of the spline on the rear driven flange.
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Re: Final driven gear noise
Good idea Paul, never hurts and it’s free !
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Okay, enough from the peanut gallery.
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Re: Final driven gear noise
Note that the correct order is
1) axle nut (this will pull the splines into alignment)
2) swingarm pinch bolt (all models except GL1000)(if you do that first tightening the axle nut will pull the ends of the swingarm together)
3) final drive nuts
1) axle nut (this will pull the splines into alignment)
2) swingarm pinch bolt (all models except GL1000)(if you do that first tightening the axle nut will pull the ends of the swingarm together)
3) final drive nuts
Last edited by Sidecar Bob on Tue May 03, 2022 9:04 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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