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Post by FACE PLANT FOR LIFE on Oct 20, 2013 13:01:33 GMT -6
Correct me if I am wrong here, but the back tire should have the same resistance (in terms of spinning) as the front tire, right? My front tire on my scooter spins quite freely and is easy to turn, but my back tire (on the center stand of course) has quite a lot of resistance to it. Spinning it as hard as I can takes quite some effort and the wheel stops spinning with in mere moments of me spinning it. It also has a weird grinding sound (only slight). Adjusting the brakes did nothing, even with the brakes set to minimum (no contact), I still here the slight grinding noise. I can get up to 40mph on this thing so I'm not complaining, but what if this tire is holding me back?  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2013 13:18:59 GMT -6
There is a gearbox attached to it, so some resistance is normal, but I'd be suspect of the grinding noise. Have you got oil in the gearbox?
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Post by FACE PLANT FOR LIFE on Oct 20, 2013 13:23:10 GMT -6
Yes, the gearbox oil was changed about 400 miles ago.
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Post by Alleyoop on Oct 20, 2013 14:32:44 GMT -6
What your probably hearing is the gears turning, don't forget there are about 4 gears that have to mesh to turn the wheel.
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Post by FACE PLANT FOR LIFE on Oct 20, 2013 14:42:14 GMT -6
What your probably hearing is the gears turning, don't forget there are about 4 gears that have to mesh to turn the wheel. Alleyoop You're probably right. It doesn't sound detrimental. So I think that's all it is. Okay, so the resistance is normal. What is the best things to do to make sure the back tire moves as smoothly as possible? |
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Post by tvnacman on Oct 21, 2013 11:35:22 GMT -6
What Alley said .
You cdi went out today .
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