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What I'm getting from this is that you reassembled it and left one adjuster ahead about a full notch from the opposite one. Why you would leave them so far out I'm not sure as that tells you how far out of alignment your rear axle is. It states that in the service manual also....
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No noise at all and the belt track to the middle of the pulley most of the time but sometimes it's just off the right side of the pulley.
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You originally asked about the axial movement of the rear pulley. 2mm. Dlars checked other bikes in his showroom and found the same thing. Sounds like it is not a problem.
You never mentioned a whining noise before in this thread. That is usually from the belt being too tight, even though at Kawi specs. A number of folks have reported excessive bearing wear with the belt at factory tension. I suspect that the whine went away because of the reduced belt tension when you adjusted the right side, but I think you are setting yourself up for serious problems having the axle out of alignment like that. When I changed my tires, I noticed that the brake pads were wearing at an angle. I checked the axle alignment and it was off by just half what you set yours at. I'm worried now about damage or at least excessive wear to the bearings, though I don't see any issues now. If having the wheel out of alignment had that affect on my brakes, what will it do to bearings? I'm going to watch it closely and change the bearings out next tire change or sooner. After I changed my tires, I set the belt tension to the loosest Kawi spec and got the "tranny whine", which is probably what you were hearing. Backing off from 4.5mm (really 5mm) to 10mm at 10 lbs solved it. |
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OK so I ask myself why would someone align the drive wheel to not be in line with the frame etc?
Do they know something the designers of all types of equipment have overlooked? To use the new bearings when these fail. To buy rear tires faster? To be off center going down the road? Guess it's really not important as long as it doesn't become a standard. Oh wait it's on the Internet so it must be factual, right? Enough sarcasm, glad the whining has stopped
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You seem to be looking for an excuse to get rid of the Vaq and get a Harley. If so, you should get the bike you really want if you can, but why spend time and money trying to find something (or create something) wrong with the bike so you can justify the change. |
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"All my ridding friends have Harley" sounds similar to the group I ride with, but they allow me to ride with them because I can fix their ride when they have issues, never seems to fail one of them has a problem on a long ride.
"OK, so you adjusted one side to stop the whine and it did. Being told that adjusting it out of line can be damaging" there you go confusing the issue with facts "You seem to be looking for an excuse to get rid of the Vaq and get a Harley. If so, you should get the bike you really want if you can, but why spend time and money trying to find something (or create something) wrong with the bike so you can justify the change." Well give Saber-t a cigar.
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Oh well, we tried......
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The rear pulley issue you have experienced is NOT unique.....and ..yes it exists on all Vaquero....and others as well. The same problem annoyed me as well, being from a chain drive environment. The pulley does float rotationally but axial movement should not exist as all the steel parts are mated when torqued down...case in point..having two collars mated to a single plane bearing and a single flywheel..there is NO axial movement(push/pull nor top and bottom opposing forces)....But for some reason, Kawis have this..My 900 had a wobbling pulley with more than 2.5 mm run out. I managed to 90% fix that by having the hub machined and installing a double race bearing. The rest was shimming the bolts holding the pulley in place to reduce the runout. I also changed out the rubber o-ring on the hub receiver on the wheel....Having said that...IF you have to adjust wheel alignment that much I would suggest seriously having a look at the swing arm bearings. I had mine replaced at 35000km because they were RUSTED and worn out...Another thing you should have a look at is where the belt is tracking on the 'front' pulley. In THEORY, the belt should track in the center of that drive pulley, and just touch to the left of center on the rear drive. I have belt deflection set at about 3/8 to 1/2 inch with the bike off the rear wheel...Might be something to consider....Everything is relevant at the rear wheel....
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Perhaps as Da Wiz suggested, you have a problem somewhere else, like in the swing arm bearing that is causing the whine. Mal-adjusting the rear axle is not going to help that, but may make it worse as well as cause other problems. Like they say, treat the problem, not the symptom. I can tell you that my bike handles much better, better tracking, better in curves, in general a more stable ride, since I corrected the adjustment. You may not care if you have to replace the bearings more often, but you may change your mind if your rear wheel suddenly locks up while you are going highway speeds. |
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Thanks I will check the swing arm bearings. Where they diffecult to change?
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