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Gacknoops

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Per the topic, when I let off the throttle at any speed there's a rattling or clatter coming from somewhere around my right foot peg. It also makes a more hammering sound at higher torque situations like leaving a stop sign or climbing a hill in too high a gear. This noise is present even when the bike is cold but does seem to get slightly louder as the bike warms up.

I'm an experienced technician so please feel free to answer in whatever technical terms you need to explain your diagnosis.

    

charlie99

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hmmm
monkey nuts ?

that's the rubber insulators between the altenator and the drive gear
just behind - inside the right foot


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Gacknoops

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Is that something that I could let go until winter?


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84,000 miles.
    

Gacknoops

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Thanks Charlie!

I just did the same google search I've been doing but added "alternator" and BOOM! Apparently it's the most common complaint in the K series.
Thanks again for your help!

Brian


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year, 1989
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charlie99

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you risk braking the bell housing that connects to the altenator ...but more importantly the drive mechanism , its shaft and sprag clutch (used in starting ) along the same auxiliary shaft

doesn't take long to do ..but could save a major pull down to do the other repair


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cheezy grin whilst riding, kinda bloke ....oh the joy !!!! ...... ( brick aviator )

'86 K100 RT..#0090401 ..."Gerty" ( Gertrude Von Clickandshift ) --------O%O
'86 k100 rs.. #######..  "Fred " (f(rame) red ) ( Fredrick leichtundschnell ) - -
bits and pieces from many kind friends across the k100 world ...with many thanks ..
1987 k100rs ########   "Red"  - (red sports rs TWB style )
1989 K100rt #009637   "Black Betty"  (naked rt ala Nigel , now sporting an rs main fairing )
    

Gacknoops

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I'm googling the procedure as we speak (type).

Thanks again!


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K100RS
year, 1989
84,000 miles.
    

Rick G

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Monkey nuts or the uni joint is shagged.


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billy_k100

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any idea what the problem area was? My 86 K100rs has very similar symptoms

    

AL-58

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I was going to say uni joint too.  They can clatter a bit on high torque loads before failing completely.  Had it happen myself.

Al


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Clatter/Rattling when throttling down. K-dogs10
    

billy_k100

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AL-58 wrote:I was going to say uni joint too.  They can clatter a bit on high torque loads before failing completely.  Had it happen myself.

Al
Thanks. As I am going to dissemble the drive train, when signs should I look for when inspecting the drive shaft uni-joint?

    

AL-58

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Mine was obvious as it failed completely.  I'd be checking for any play in the universal joint.

Al


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'08 F650GS (798cc)
'19 R1250RS

+ another boxer engined motorcycle and sidecar

"When I'm too old and too foolish to handle a sidecar I'll buy a Sportsbike"

Clatter/Rattling when throttling down. K-dogs10
    

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