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Heim joint squeak

Guest · 2008-10-18T07:54:26Z

I have had this squeak in the front of my bike and have finally figured ( i think) that it is coming from the Heim joint connections of the sidecar to the bike. The squeak comes when downshifting or letting off the throttle. I have never had any experience with this type of connection and wonder if they possibly require lubrication or need to be torqued tighter or is squeaking a normal thing?

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It turned out it wasn't the joints at all but rather the drive belt. I took the bike to North Country Harley for the 1000 mike service and some knucklehead left way too much slop in the drive belt. Simple fix once I figured where the noise was coming from.

Posted : November 11, 2008 3:47 pm

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