Help With Bad Sounds

On all my Bonneville's I still use the split link. Put on correctly I think is good enough. I can see if its a sports tourer or speed machine. But then people get out a big hammer to put that soft link on. If you don't have the proper link spreader tool then get it done by you local dealer. Again with seizes links if you or my method is to turn the wheel slowly watch the front sprocket and that link will never sit right. Just my two pence.
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Joe

 

I do agree, but we all need to learn, and often best way is just getting stuck in. Do your research, make sure you have a clue and give it a go. It's a good way to learn. YouTube is brilliant, I learned how to install a kitchen from Youtube !!! Or even better, get a pal that is competent on bikes, and ask him to supervise to start with.

If really desperate, come on here and ask !!!

Doing stuff on the bike is just part of being a biker, and not a Euan/Charlie-twat-suit-wearing knob, and just taking the bike to a dealer for simple little jobs like tensioning a chain.

 

Agreed MrO, part of the bike owning experience is the fettling the bike yourself, when a bike is new then the warranty etc demands main dealer but with an older bike I do it myself.
However peoples skill set vary wildly, for some adjusting the chain is difficult for others a complete ground up engine rebuild is easy (@darkman for instance), I am somewhere in the middle, can't take (4 stroke) engines to bits, but happy changing a clutch, brakes, chain & sprockets & doing the general servicing bits myself.

 

MrOrange.
Of course you are right and even more so with the research. Right tools. If in doubt ask. Its how we all learnt. And its great to hear and see people out there doing the jobs a dealer would fleece you to do.
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Joe.

 

Steven S.
Sometimes it is best saves the brain cells. If yo have the wheel out try putting you finger in and turning the bearing you will feel if it is rough in places. And its not that hard a job to replace them. And do make sure you got all the spacers in the right places the wheel is straight.
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Joe.

 

If the rear wheel tightens when you torque up the axle nut then there is some problem with the assembly of the rear axle, either there are parts missing or assembled in the incorrect order.
Try this link to the parts breakdown for the assembly order.

http://www.worldoftriumph.com/trium...ck_01=&block_02=100065022-3-2&block_03=610810

Maybe it will help you see something that was incorrectly assembled or missing, possibly before you looked at it .............

 

I'd take the wheel out and check inside the sprocket/wheel hub.
It's difficult to tell but it almost sounds like there's something rattling around in the wheel hub.....

 

It's a nuisance for you ! Maybe it is something the shop did. I think you would be best taking it to the shop if possible and getting them to let you watch them inspect it . Unless of course there are any mechanically experienced people on here who are local and can go through it with you. I wish you the best of luck with getting it sorted !

 

Crushed a bearing perhaps.