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Author Topic: 4500 noise  (Read 3062 times)

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4500 noise
« on: May 14, 2006, 05:22:11 am »
Hi folks,
has anyone got any ideas on how to silence the creaking coming from the swingarm bearings on my 4500? Please bear in mind I have little mechanical nous and wouldn't dream of trying to dismantle the things.
Regards to you all,
Mac

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Re: 4500 noise
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2006, 05:41:36 am »
gotta crack a few eggs to make an omelette... unfortunately!
« Last Edit: May 14, 2006, 05:41:48 am by orange »
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Re: 4500 noise
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2006, 07:12:54 am »
Have a look in here!

http://idriders.com/proflex/tech/tech_op4.shtml

Should solve your prob!

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Re: 4500 noise
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2006, 09:55:59 am »
In my experiance
I'd check for loose front and rear s/arm dropouts,
its quite common for these to to become loose,
and creek,
you need to remove the offending dropout/dropouts
and re-bond back in,
another thing to check is the shifter cable guides
through the s/arm but these tend to give more of
a rattle.
if you do need to remove the s/arm checkout my
re-fitting instructions in the files section,
makes life much easier and s/arm removal/re-fitting
no longer something to dread.

Simon.
« Last Edit: May 14, 2006, 09:56:50 am by simon »
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