Rear Squeek
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TheDeadOne
Banned
bearings in rear wheel and swing arm. :2thumbs:
Gabriel
Active Member
How do you align the swing arm?
Can-Dog1
Rob
BELT SQUEELING PROBLEMS SOLVED!
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Here's the storey. I ride an 04 Mastiff, I'm sick of the squeeling on long hauls, tired of trying to line the belt up all the time. I call Rich at Precision Bike Works in Erie PA. Here's the info I get.
- Swing arm bushing is probably shot! BD has an upgrade bushng kit. (Go Figure) By the way, the new upgrade is STEEL!
- Need to have new pully put on! "We all know about the new teflon pully"
- Need to have a new belt put on!
- Need to have the engine and drive line set up and re-lined!
OK, if this is what it takes, I load up the dog and drive 5 hours to Erie P.A.
Gotta say it now, Rich and his employees have been great to deal with and I would recommend this shop and his Tech to everyone.
After the Tech Jerrad tears the bike down, he finds the main drive gear in the transmission is wearing bad. "Do you think this was caused by the stock swing arm design creating strain on the gear"? Could be I'm told.
Two days in the shop, $1,700.00 bucks later I'm back on the road.
Here's the issue I've got. If BD knew this swing arm bushing was shit, why did they wait so long to post a dealer bulletin on it?
Obvously BD knew the orginal stock pully on these bike had defects in production and none of them are true. That's why the design change in the pulley in '05.
So, anyone hauling it on an '04, I strongly suggest you get your bikes in to the dealers and have the swing arm bushing changed, the new pulley and belt installed. I've read all the posts about putting soap, W-D on the belts and everything else to get ride of the squeel, unfourtuantly the issue seems be the swing arm bushing, and in my opinion if the fucking bushing is moving that much to fuck up a drive gear, then hold on to your ass when the rear tire slides out from under you. It's only a matter of time.
Oh by the Rich and Jerrad "NICE JOB GUYS" and thanks for the great service.
reloaderbmg
OLD DOG
Good to here someone happy with dealer!!!!:2thumbs:
