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What would cause the rear wheel to squeal and squeak when leaning left? When I lean it over to take a left turn or on a long sweeper left the rear wheel squeaks and squeals like a brake pad. I never heard it when leaning into a right turn.
On a few rare occasions I have heard it while rolling straight ahead and no leaning.
My rear pads do squeal a little when I apply the rear brakes but it sounds like the usual pad squeal.
Might it be a wheel bearing?
Oh, by the way, it's a 1995 Dyna Convertible with 19000 on the clock.
Wheel bearing is a reasonable guess, although I never heard one squeal. If you roll the bike slowly backwards do you hear an occasional click?
One of mine did that. It had about 22,000 on it at the time.
Could be. I blew out a rear wheel bearing on a ride on time. I was near the big deal Harley Indy in town and they were open on Sunday. Lucky right?
After getting the rear bearings replaced, I noticed the occasional squeak/squeal but it was so intermittent I wasn't sure if it was the rear wheel or not. About a year later, time came to change the tire and I found out the jerkoff 'master technician' over torqued the axle nut which actually cracked the bearing case and toasted the wheel...
I'd be leaning to belt or sprocket wear. If the bearings starting to go you'll see a lot of crude build up outside the seal on the spacers, get the rear wheel up and roll it over slow by hand you can feel the grit sometimes early on. The old 3/4" cup & cone bearing give you warning when they are tired unlike the twinkie and later crap.
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Squeaking from the rear wheel
