Rear Wheel - Audible Clicking Noise When Spinning
Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2016 5:36 am
Hello there it's me the tube yankeroffererfail guy...
Back with another doosey.
Ok so ...
- Rear wheel off the ground, bike on centre stand
- Spin rear wheel forwards or backwards with hand
- Hear a medium harshness clicking noise that speeds up or slows down depending on the speed of the wheel rotation.
- Clicking noise seems to generate from "inside" the axle, final reduction crankshafty area of the bike. Though hard to ultimately pinpoint, only general area
Now, this is a relatively new sound but has been around for at least 2 months, and it falls into the "check for unusual noises" section of the maintenance book. According to the service manual anything unusual is likely related to the final reduction area.
Short of taking all that apart (by asking someone expensive to do it) I wonder if anyone here has heard clicking in the rear wheel area before and if they A) Haven't died yet or B) got it checked out and what was the cause or C) using your supreme mechanical knowledge base can tell even from just text on the internet what the problem is and is it bad
Thanks in advance for your help & humour,
Cheers
Back with another doosey.
Ok so ...
- Rear wheel off the ground, bike on centre stand
- Spin rear wheel forwards or backwards with hand
- Hear a medium harshness clicking noise that speeds up or slows down depending on the speed of the wheel rotation.
- Clicking noise seems to generate from "inside" the axle, final reduction crankshafty area of the bike. Though hard to ultimately pinpoint, only general area
Now, this is a relatively new sound but has been around for at least 2 months, and it falls into the "check for unusual noises" section of the maintenance book. According to the service manual anything unusual is likely related to the final reduction area.
Short of taking all that apart (by asking someone expensive to do it) I wonder if anyone here has heard clicking in the rear wheel area before and if they A) Haven't died yet or B) got it checked out and what was the cause or C) using your supreme mechanical knowledge base can tell even from just text on the internet what the problem is and is it bad
Thanks in advance for your help & humour,
Cheers