ok here goes got a noise coming from rear wheel first heard it tonight backing into a parking spot coming from belt side wheel bearing looks intact from outside anyway could be toast on the inside it almost sounds like its coming from the belt alignment is correct belt tension is correct belt and sprocket in good condtion just wondering is there anyway to condition the belt service manual says water and a cleaning agent just wanted to get a second opinion would like to try conditioning the belt or something to see if that helps before i pull the wheel thanx oh yeah bike is an 09 fxdc w/15000 mi

 

You didn't say what the noise sounds like?

 

Mine makes a 'wrik wrik wrik' sound when I'm backing up. It's the pads rubbing on the rotor. It only does it when I'm backing up. If I put a little water on the rotor the sound goes away. I have no unusual wear on the pads and rotor so I'm not worrying about it any longer (unless it's starts doing it when moving forward)

 

it almost sounds gritty its probably the wheel bearing but i would like to rule the belt out and was wondering if anyone has ever had a faint but noticable noise from the belt and if so is there any product i can try to clean or condition the belt thanks for the quick replies by the way

 

thats what i thought it was first but it is definitley coming from belt side

 

jack it up and spin the wheel by hand...

 

arleady did that wheel spins fine no side to side movement by the way this is my second set of wheel bearings had the right side go around 7000mi blew the seal completly out and spit out a bunch of ball bearings just did a tire change and thought about installing new bearings but cheaped out now im wondering if maybe i should have

 

Hi Dawg. Is it a sutble sound, or does it loud? It may just be the sound of the belt bending around the sprockets, or the drive dogs on the belt going in and out of the grooves on the sprockets. I've also noticed that "wrik wrik" sound when I move my 03 FXDL without the engine running. you may also want to check the belt tension. It may be too tight.

 

+1 on the jack idea,and I would look at the brakes also.

 

Let me get this straight. Ignore this if I misread something.

The wheel bearing blew, and you didn't change it when you changed the tire??? You are running a new tire and have no bearing on the right side?

If so, you'll need to replace the right and left bearing, the axle, all the bolts for the brake and pulley, maybe the brake and pulley if they are warped, and maybe the adjusters and entire swingarm, depending on how badly the axle has eaten everything.