GL1500, Click.. Click.. Click...

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ThFireman

Discussion Starter · Sep 27, 2009

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Anyway I have this clicking noise that I can hear when slowing down at lights. Not only while using the brake but all durring the slow down. It clicks faster when moving faster and less at slower speed and stops when wheel stops turning. I usually only hear it after i have been riding for 10-15 minutes but not at the beginning of the ride.

I do not feel any vibration or lopping, and I cant hear it at speeds above 35-45 mph. There is no whobble in the wheel. Also when it it on the center stand it doesnt click.

Is it a bearing, shaft or something else and what do ai do totest it and fix it.

Thanks

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Bagmaster

· #2 · Sep 27, 2009

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Does it click when running and in gear on the center stand? Sounds a little like the shaft joint just starting to go bad or something rubbing under speed and load.

ThFireman

Discussion Starter · #3 · Sep 27, 2009

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No it doesnt. Also it clicks if it is in gear or in a neutral coast up to a light or stop sign. Makes no difference if it is under power or not. But not while on the center stand.

RB

· #4 · Sep 27, 2009

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Maybe something is hitting when the wheel has weight on it..look at the tire alignment, wear on the tire, up under the fender, etc. or as said it could be drive lien issues while under load..spline, bearings, drive shaft splines.

sfruechte

· #5 · Sep 27, 2009

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Try turning the wheel by hand and see if you can tell where the click is coming from.

Check the drive shaft bearing anyway. Mine went bad and broke the knuckle causing it to be too big to turn inside the swingarm and locked up my rear wheel at 70 mph.

CastleWing

· #6 · Sep 27, 2009

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How loud is the noise? a similar clicking noise could easily come from an object sticking in the rear tire.

William_86

· #7 · Sep 27, 2009

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what about a stone stuck in the tire pattern? i had the same noise in my car Lol. could be bearings, if you haven't changed them in a while,, this might be a good time to do it.

Buzzmoe2

· #8 · Sep 28, 2009

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Valve stem hitting something??? I know someone who had this happen on a VFR because he had added a longer valve stem cap.

grayglennsr

· #9 · Sep 28, 2009

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Your co rider, isn't by chance cutting her nails is she?

LOL sorry but anytime I hear a strange noise from behind me.... its usually her.

G

· #10 · Sep 28, 2009

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Sounds like a bearing going out on you.
I wouldnt take the chance and change them.
Good Luck
TOMMY

Hatchetman

· #11 · Sep 28, 2009

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A clicking sound can be created from a lack of moly paste on the rear drive splines!

Big John .25

· #12 · Sep 28, 2009

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A correct choice, Hatchetman

DBohrer

· #13 · Sep 28, 2009

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Disconnect your speedometer cable at the front wheel and do a test run. Could be the speedo cable or the drive unit at the front wheel.

Bike...and Dennis

· #14 · Sep 28, 2009

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Mine did that when it was about a week old and it was the wheel going bad. Dealer said I was very close to disaster as the bearings fell out when he removed said wheel. Mine made a clunking sound when rolled backwards.

At any rate, I'd find out what it is before I rode the bike again. A locked rear wheel can ruin your day.

da_bull

· #15 · Sep 28, 2009

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I hope you find your problem cuz then I could say something snappy about a playing card in the rear wheel, like we used to do as kids to make our bicycles sound like motorcycles

. Sorry, just had to, now back to your regularly scheduled thread...

RayandTracy

· #16 · Sep 28, 2009

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I'd bet on William and Hatchetman's theory... Pull the wheel ,check bearings and lube that puppy up real good:waving:

ThFireman

Discussion Starter · #17 · Sep 28, 2009

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Thanks everyone! Great suggestions and I will check each one. I have all your suggestions written down and I will just go through the whole thing and check all of it to be safe.

Rgoer

P Yanney

· #18 · Sep 28, 2009

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I'll go along with some others here that you need to pull the rear wheel off and check the spline and bearings. Mine gets a clicking when the hub pins need lube. If you don't know the last time this was done, moly 60 on the spline and pins might take care of it but check your bearings too.

ThFireman

Discussion Starter · #19 · Sep 28, 2009

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Sounds like a great place to start, Thanks

Bish

· #20 · Sep 28, 2009

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My buddy had a similar problem on ride a while back. Every time we stopped he'd complain about the tick, tick, tick sound. We gave him all kinds of suggestions...... By lunch time he was a nervous wreck.....sure that his rear wheel was gonna lock on the highway.

We were all in the restaraunt grubbin' down and enjoying some cold ones........and watching him out in the AZ heat, with his bike on the center stand, trying to figure out what that sound was.

I'll never forget the exact moment he found the plastic cigar tube half filled with gravel we'd duct taped to his wheel.

Man was he pissed!!!!

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