Pinging?
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Road Captain
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Pinging?
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Got a question for those of you who have had a "pinging" issue. My bike is an '06, stage 1 download with SE A/C and SEII slipons. Im running a PCIII with map from dynojet. Runs very very well, but at time, in particular with I increase throttle I can hear something of a rattle sound. I cant identify it better than that. But I have also heard this rattle or knocking sound at idle. The HD tech....well, all of them in the shop, said something about the chain and counter balancer noise that goes with a Softail 88B.
The bike runs great and no heat issues or any type problem, but the knock or rattle kinda bothers me. Im considering unplugging the PCIII to see if the noise is still there. Again, they told me some 5000 miles ago that it was a normal sound........but it kinda worries me. One other thing, I do run 93 octane fuel, period.
Suggestions?
Thanks
Got a question for those of you who have had a "pinging" issue. My bike is an '06, stage 1 download with SE A/C and SEII slipons. Im running a PCIII with map from dynojet. Runs very very well, but at time, in particular with I increase throttle I can hear something of a rattle sound. I cant identify it better than that. But I have also heard this rattle or knocking sound at idle. The HD tech....well, all of them in the shop, said something about the chain and counter balancer noise that goes with a Softail 88B.
The bike runs great and no heat issues or any type problem, but the knock or rattle kinda bothers me. Im considering unplugging the PCIII to see if the noise is still there. Again, they told me some 5000 miles ago that it was a normal sound........but it kinda worries me. One other thing, I do run 93 octane fuel, period.
Suggestions?
Thanks
Road Master
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an '06 what? i may have missed it in the post. Being fuel injected and being remapped, I can't imagine it would be true pinging, pinging usually being caused by low octane gas or advanced timing. I would hop off the bike if you can hear it at idle and see exactly where it's coming from. I use a stethoscope for engine noises, but just listen closely and see if you can identify the general area, and then start holding stuff and see if you can get it to stop.
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No, I get the knocking stuff when I lag it in the gears. I dont have my tach on yet, so I cant give the rpm range, but its like if Im crusing and then roll on the throttle hard, for a couple of seconds I get the "noise".....just about for two seconds. May be normal for my engine, like I said, I had the HD techs take it out and they came back saying it was ok.
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No, I get the knocking stuff when I lag it in the gears. I dont have my tach on yet, so I cant give the rpm range, but its like if Im crusing and then roll on the throttle hard, for a couple of seconds I get the "noise".....just about for two seconds. May be normal for my engine, like I said, I had the HD techs take it out and they came back saying it was ok.
Just learn not to lug the motor and you will be ok.
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Hey
Got a question for those of you who have had a "pinging" issue. My bike is an '06, stage 1 download with SE A/C and SEII slipons. Im running a PCIII with map from dynojet. Runs very very well, but at time, in particular with I increase throttle I can hear something of a rattle sound. I cant identify it better than that. But I have also heard this rattle or knocking sound at idle. The HD tech....well, all of them in the shop, said something about the chain and counter balancer noise that goes with a Softail 88B.
The bike runs great and no heat issues or any type problem, but the knock or rattle kinda bothers me. Im considering unplugging the PCIII to see if the noise is still there. Again, they told me some 5000 miles ago that it was a normal sound........but it kinda worries me. One other thing, I do run 93 octane fuel, period.
Suggestions?
Thanks
Got a question for those of you who have had a "pinging" issue. My bike is an '06, stage 1 download with SE A/C and SEII slipons. Im running a PCIII with map from dynojet. Runs very very well, but at time, in particular with I increase throttle I can hear something of a rattle sound. I cant identify it better than that. But I have also heard this rattle or knocking sound at idle. The HD tech....well, all of them in the shop, said something about the chain and counter balancer noise that goes with a Softail 88B.
The bike runs great and no heat issues or any type problem, but the knock or rattle kinda bothers me. Im considering unplugging the PCIII to see if the noise is still there. Again, they told me some 5000 miles ago that it was a normal sound........but it kinda worries me. One other thing, I do run 93 octane fuel, period.
Suggestions?
Thanks
Once again the dealer has fed you a line of BS. This sound is not normal and should be taken care of before it eliminates itself in the form of destroying something expensive. The key here is rattling at IDLE. Fix that , run the engine at more rpms in a given gear and it should be ok.
Ron
Last edited by rbabos; May 17, 2009 at 10:27 PM.
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It is normal for a compensator to knock if the motor is lugged.
Your motor is talking to you, it is begging you to,
Quit lugging it!!!
Continued low speed high torque loads WILL pound the bearings out of it. Read Donnie Peterson's take on this.
Rev it up! You are not going to hurt it or wear it out any faster.
It will actually last longer reving it than lugging it guaranteed....
Your motor is talking to you, it is begging you to,
Quit lugging it!!!
Continued low speed high torque loads WILL pound the bearings out of it. Read Donnie Peterson's take on this.
Rev it up! You are not going to hurt it or wear it out any faster.
It will actually last longer reving it than lugging it guaranteed....
Road Master
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Balancers don't make knocking sounds. The only thing you might hear is the chain. If you hear knocking at idle it's most likely your comp is loose or your pistons have been beat to death and trying to turn sideways in the bore. Piston slap from too much clearance. I'd check the comp first. If you're running 93 which is rediculously high octain for a stock engine ping should not be possible to achieve unless you are in way too low of a gear for the load. Even then it would be some effort involved to make it ping.
Once again the dealer has fed you a line of BS. This sound is not normal and should be taken care of before it eliminates itself in the form of destroying something expensive. The key here is rattling at IDLE. Fix that , run the engine at more rpms in a given gear and it should be ok.
Ron
Once again the dealer has fed you a line of BS. This sound is not normal and should be taken care of before it eliminates itself in the form of destroying something expensive. The key here is rattling at IDLE. Fix that , run the engine at more rpms in a given gear and it should be ok.
Ron
The rattling when he rolls on the throttle is almost certainly one of the two issues already mentioned and I would bet he simply needs to downshift to cure the problem.