Let off gas, hear screeching...
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Let off gas, hear screeching...
I thought I have been hearing a tiny screech now and then. This morning, my 2014 RK 13K and I left for work, keeps in an air cond garage. Took off, went about 3 blocks, let off the gas and screech, for about 2 seconds got on it and let off the gas and screech.. not as bad.. was in 3rd gear at the time, not going real fast. Anyone have this happen. I changed tires a couple months ago and the bearings felt ok.
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I would bet your belt tension/rear wheel alignment was screwed up in the tire change
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I changed the tires myself. and check for 1" deflection. the axle has adjusters on both sides so it is self aligning. Not to say the belt got tight, I will check that tonight. It seems to do it just when cold, I took off from lunch and it made a tiny screech about 200 yards down the road, nothing after that.
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Oh, and another thing. I put organic brakes on during wheel change, The front ones make that cicada noise when applied, and the rear one squeals when applied hard. The other thing I noticed, is when stopping kind of hard with the front brakes at low speed, it kind of clunks like they are grabbing and there is something loose.
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Update, It didn't do it this morning, As I rolled out the bike backwards out of the garage, the wheels felt smooth and so did the brakes. I suspect there was a tiny piece of something in the rear brake. Seems to be gone now. We will see.
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