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Old Jul 13, 2014 | 08:11 PM
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I was reading the "Evo Shake" thread and I read this post from Throttle Jockey....

"In the video it looks like the outer race of the bearing is loose in the hub. Have you ever noticed a "squealing " noise if you come off the clutch hard? If it has in fact spun , I have used a center punch and peened the hub to tighten the bearing. Of course this is not a permenant fix , but it will get you by until your winter hits. "

Today, I heard that squeal when I came off the clutch hard while down shifting.

51,500 miles on my Ultra Classic. Is that what I am looking at?

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Old Jul 13, 2014 | 09:46 PM
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You say you down shifted hard. Are you sure you didn't just "chirp" the rear tire?
 
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Old Jul 14, 2014 | 12:28 AM
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that bearing only spins when you pull in the clutch. get the bike up to 60mph in 5 gear pull in the clutch and let the motor idle or hit the kill switch and coast down to 20mph with it in gear and clutch pulled and listen for the squeal and also if its real bad feel for a vibration
 
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Old Jul 14, 2014 | 05:07 PM
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Drive belt will bark if it slips across the trans pulley. They run on the outer part of the pulley when going forward, I know the belt moves and it should walk inward on de-accell. Mine will sometimes bark when I take off after useing gearing to slow down to a stop sign. Clutch can do this but staying with the belt chirp, bark, squeal sound or what ever you want to call it, just a theory.
 
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Old Jul 14, 2014 | 08:40 PM
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Thanks for the info. As soon as the polar air invasion leaves and the sun decides to shine again, I will check those items out. It was 55 today rain and wind. Man, it is the middle of July for Pete's sake.
 
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