dieselyoda
Active member
Then it went KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK at idle!!!
Holy crap, I have almost 16 months of fighting this bike every step of the way from the day I got it, cheap. Just when I see the down-stroke to actually putting some miles on it, it starts to knock at idle. Only idle. The knock sure sounds deep and slow enough to be a connecting rod. I did tighten those? I think? It's only at idle though.
I can read pretty good when people type slowly. Nobody can see my lips move when I read because quite frankly, I don't have that many friends to hang out with.
The monkey nutz thing, read about, can't be. They were good, old, but good. Starter sprag, not likely, maybe? Noise is definitely in the rear of the engine so I'm rather smart and out think myself at times and think the knock is from the timing mechanism transferring down the crank. Not likely I think, no noise but good old chain noise.
Then it came to me. My brother with one of his German built cars phoned me and he had a horrific knock. I heard it on the phone and told him to get it towed to my shop. It turned out the serpentine belt blew about 1" section out of it and every time that section went over the belt tensioner, KNOCK!
My problem is that I can't find the serpentine belt and tensioner on this bike anywhere. Should I keep looking or just accept the fact that monkey nutz just blow up?
Holy crap, I have almost 16 months of fighting this bike every step of the way from the day I got it, cheap. Just when I see the down-stroke to actually putting some miles on it, it starts to knock at idle. Only idle. The knock sure sounds deep and slow enough to be a connecting rod. I did tighten those? I think? It's only at idle though.
I can read pretty good when people type slowly. Nobody can see my lips move when I read because quite frankly, I don't have that many friends to hang out with.
The monkey nutz thing, read about, can't be. They were good, old, but good. Starter sprag, not likely, maybe? Noise is definitely in the rear of the engine so I'm rather smart and out think myself at times and think the knock is from the timing mechanism transferring down the crank. Not likely I think, no noise but good old chain noise.
Then it came to me. My brother with one of his German built cars phoned me and he had a horrific knock. I heard it on the phone and told him to get it towed to my shop. It turned out the serpentine belt blew about 1" section out of it and every time that section went over the belt tensioner, KNOCK!
My problem is that I can't find the serpentine belt and tensioner on this bike anywhere. Should I keep looking or just accept the fact that monkey nutz just blow up?