not the same old clunk
not the same old clunk
Ok, yesterday while riding my 08 ultra I noticed a clunk similar to the shifting clunk. The clunking was noticeable crawling at slow speeds in 1-2 gear thru a parking lot. What worried me is that it clunker while my clutch was pulled in. The clutch seems to be doing it's job, I stopped the bike with the clutch, the clunking stopped, when I got up around 10/15 mph I pulled in the clutch and with the clutch engaged while the bike slowed the clunking started again. Very similar to trying to ride in the wrong gear at too slow a speed, if that makes sense. Any ideas?
Yeah I'm gonna park it and take her apart this weekend, compensating sprocket is a pretty simple job, just gotta make myself do it when it's sunny and 78 degrees.
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From: Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
check your rear axle 1st..
I had a sound like that once.. did the same thing... it was my axle nut.. or I should say it wasn't..cuz it was gone
(I somehow lost my cotter pin..)
The sound was my axle end moving in the swingarm slot..
The torque from the engine stabilized it..and when you slowed down it started cuz it was moving..
Just chk before you start tearing stuff apart..
I had a sound like that once.. did the same thing... it was my axle nut.. or I should say it wasn't..cuz it was gone
(I somehow lost my cotter pin..)The sound was my axle end moving in the swingarm slot..
The torque from the engine stabilized it..and when you slowed down it started cuz it was moving..
Just chk before you start tearing stuff apart..
Thanks Kyote, will do. Not something I would have considered but I'm all about checking something if it means I don't have to take off the primary cover.
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Ok, yesterday while riding my 08 ultra I noticed a clunk similar to the shifting clunk. The clunking was noticeable crawling at slow speeds in 1-2 gear thru a parking lot. What worried me is that it clunker while my clutch was pulled in. The clutch seems to be doing it's job, I stopped the bike with the clutch, the clunking stopped, when I got up around 10/15 mph I pulled in the clutch and with the clutch engaged while the bike slowed the clunking started again. Very similar to trying to ride in the wrong gear at too slow a speed, if that makes sense. Any ideas?
Last edited by rockajet1; May 10, 2013 at 01:15 PM.
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From: Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
Yeah Rock I've heard that same story from a bunch of guys. The Comp sprockets are ****, plain and simple. I guess I've been pretty lucky with mine. I'm pushing 80k miles and never had a problem before now other than the hotstart issues and I'm still not convinced that's not the starter going bad (again) The fix for 08 and earlier bikes used to be to replace the stock POS with the SE POS, it was suposed to be a beefier assembly, After 09 that became the stock part and from all I'm hearing it hasn't really fixed the problem. The sad part is the MOCO is aware of the problem and rather than owning up to it they play an odds game because they know that most of the time the part is going to fail AFTER the warranty expires. Well done getting on record. Give the bike a thurough check before I start taking stuff apart but I'm fairly certain that's gonna be my problem.