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Jelomadnes
Posted on Sunday, May 18, 2014 - 05:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

How do you know if it's bad? Here's the situation, my bike just started making this weird sound coming from the right side of the bike. Sounds almost like a vacuum leak, but just a little too tinny to be a vacuum leak.I traced the sound to the water pump housing using a stethoscope. The sound I'm hearing is definitely coming from there. Anyone have this problem before?
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Pmjolly
Posted on Monday, May 19, 2014 - 12:25 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

It will leak out the seep hole if it goes bad. It's on the side of the water pump housing towards the clutch. It will leave stains if it has been leaking. Keep an eye on the coolant level.
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Mcelhaney14
Posted on Monday, May 19, 2014 - 09:18 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Yep, I had a sound coming from mine. My water pump didn't leak but it turned out to be the thrust washer going bad.
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Jelomadnes
Posted on Monday, May 19, 2014 - 08:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

How much of a job is it to replace it? I'm thinking of doing it myself.
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Pmjolly
Posted on Monday, May 19, 2014 - 10:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

It's not terribly difficult, but it is labor intensive. On mine, I had a friend come help me. We pulled a full day Saturday, and half of Sunday. The service manual has you rotate the engine to remove the rear header. We attacked it by removing the swingarm and rear shock to get the header off. You DO have to remove the header to get the housing off. It's the housing that surrounds both the clutch and the water pump.
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Mcelhaney14
Posted on Monday, May 19, 2014 - 11:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

When I did mine, I had a few other things to do so I just pulled the frame.
Pmjolly is right, you have to pull the whole clutch side cover which requires header removal.
Other than that its not bad.
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Ljm
Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2014 - 11:18 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Mine has weeped in the past but I didn't notice it as under the plastics so not sure how long or when. Not weeping now and no odd noises. Coolant level is within range too. Not sure if it going bad, leaked once after sitting all winter (stored in the heated garage) or what.
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Matteson
Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2014 - 04:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

What sound was it making to when you found out it was the thrust washer Mcelhaney
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Mcelhaney14
Posted on Friday, May 23, 2014 - 04:13 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

It was making a squealing sound but at a lower pitch. Almost like the low pitch sound a kettle makes just as it starts to boil not the high pitch whistle. It was also an intermittent noise. I think I went another 5-7K miles after I first heard the noise because it went away but it came back.
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Jimustanguitar
Posted on Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 01:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Mine weeped and stopped too. Odd.
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