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Dj_rider
Posted on Thursday, August 05, 2004 - 12:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

well, i rode about 200 miles in a heavy rain last nite...got up 2 day to wash the bike, and as im dryin it off, i start it up...the fan kicks on...wow, it never sounded like this before? sounds like the ball bearings are shot...IM HOPING ITS THE FAN AND not something inside the engine...it sounds like the fan...has anyone had any problemos with this?>> any info would be great...im just pissed now cause my local dealer is kinda shakey on the buells...just great: (
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Dj_rider
Posted on Thursday, August 05, 2004 - 12:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

well its not the fan...ok maybe yall can help...right below the rear cylinder...to the back is a circluar black something (i havent looked in my service manual yet, as im still finishing cleaning the bike) but it seems that thing is making a GOD AWFUL noise...anyone know?

thanks
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Mikej
Posted on Thursday, August 05, 2004 - 12:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Are you looking at the starter motor? Could it be stuck/engaged? Some people have been known to whack their starter with a blunt hard object to test this, others use wrenches.
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Torqer
Posted on Thursday, August 05, 2004 - 12:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Prior to whacking it... try bumping the starter with the start button a few times. This may loosen up a sticky solenoid. If you hear it popping in and out, try roll-starting it. If it roll-starts and you do not hear the GOD AWFUL noise, you know the solenoid is sticking. If you roll it off and the noise is there, you know the solenoid is stuck. Of course this a good test only if the noise is coming from the starter for sure.
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Mikej
Posted on Thursday, August 05, 2004 - 01:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Could also be a loose primary chain if he rode in the rain and the moisture in the air breathed into his primary fluid and thinned it out some. Pop open the clutch inspection cover and see what color the fluid/lube is. If you're using old fashioned oil/lube and it mixed with moisture it will look like chocolate milk, I don't know what synthetic oil/water mixtures look like.

Or it could be something else entirely.
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Tikiman1
Posted on Thursday, August 05, 2004 - 10:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

After I did a couple hundred mile ride in the rain I found that the Primary cover gasket had let water seep in and a little oil out. Could also have gotten in through the trans vent line I guess too. Just a thought.
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