Very loud rattle.... By bhinch (Read 889 times)

[bhinch]

Hi fellow scooter riders....I have a Roketa MC-54B 250 which developed a very loud rattle on acceleration....which after 5000 miles did not compute....so I removed the varitor cover and proceeded to remove the varitor...clutch....belt....to check on the rattle if that was where it was at.....everything looked great...no self destruction....smooth variator...no rollers hurt...smooth clutch drive areas... clutch shoes ok....great belt....856-23...some grease but not too much...cleaned up and reinstalled the drive train....another rider told me where he had a problem....with same type of sound...so I looked and I found the problem.....the center stand was contacting the bottom of the engine....the small wheel on the center stand had half of the wheel missing.......so always check the wheel ..it may save you a leak in the engine...which is very hard to repair...my bottom case had some shiney wear..but no leak...enjoy the ride...

[speedracer]

Thanks for the advise. I just looked at my center stand and I have the same problem. Half the wheel is missing. How did you resolve the problem?

[bhinch]

ordered the correct wheels from Roketa and they sent two different wheels...not surprising.....anyway, the new wheel/bumper fixed my scoot...now it sounds like the ole scoot...it is just a machine.....nothing more / nothing less....don't give up....we have gotten use to the get in/on and turn the key and nothing ever breaks....that would be a perfect world....how boring....enjoy the ride....