+- Welcome to The Australian Hayabusa Club Forum - ARCHIVE ONLY VERSION - NEW REGISTRATIONS & POSTS DISABLED (https://www.australian-hayabusa-club.com/MyBB)
+-- Forum: Bike Discussions (https://www.australian-hayabusa-club.com/MyBB/forumdisplay.php?fid=35)
+--- Forum: Technical Discussion (https://www.australian-hayabusa-club.com/MyBB/forumdisplay.php?fid=5)
+--- Thread: Anyone else had a stone in their caliper? (/showthread.php?tid=11481)
Anyone else had a stone in their caliper? - DjPete - 25-01-2009
Finally got out today.
Black Spur and Reefton.
Noticed a sort of squeak/rattle.
At first thought it was fairing vibration.
Lasted about an hr.
Drove me mad.
Then it got really bad and turned into a grinding sound.
So loud and bad that I just had to stop.
I was convinced the front wheel bearing was going.
Thought well I will just try to roll back a few metres with the f brake dragging a little.
Took off again gone.
No noise whatsoever all the way home (Another 40 mins)
I am thinking stone or something in f brake caliper...weirdest thing...
RE: Anyone else had a stone in their caliper? - bigfoot - 25-01-2009
that is strange mate
RE: Anyone else had a stone in their caliper? - Gnarbunkle99 - 26-01-2009
Thats what it may have been, would have left a mark on the rotor me thinks.
RE: Anyone else had a stone in their caliper? - DjPete - 26-01-2009
yeah I did check for scores but couldn't see anything.
Well if I run off the road for no apparent reason please mark on my tombstone...
"I told you it may have been a wheel bearing"
RE: Anyone else had a stone in their caliper? - ausdragbike - 26-01-2009
Dj, i had a stone logded in my rear caliper on my 07, started off as a squeak ended up a bad grinding sound. Had to remove the caliper to get it out, no damage at all to disc, pad or caliper.
Bigfoot do you have to comment on every bloody thread! Even the ones you know nothing about.It gets pretty fuckin boring seeing your name in nearly every thread!
RE: Anyone else had a stone in their caliper? - DjPete - 26-01-2009
Yes strange one though Shayne, sounded real bad.
Reassuring to hear someone else had same prob.
Poor Bigfoot, he's just young and eager....arr I remember when...:-)
RE: Anyone else had a stone in their caliper? - bigfoot - 26-01-2009
ausdragbike Wrote:Dj, i had a stone logded in my rear caliper on my 07, started off as a squeak ended up a bad grinding sound. Had to remove the caliper to get it out, no damage at all to disc, pad or caliper.
Bigfoot do you have to comment on every bloody thread! Even the ones you know nothing about.It gets pretty fuckin boring seeing your name in nearly every thread!
RE: Anyone else had a stone in their caliper? - DjPete - 26-01-2009
RE: Anyone else had a stone in their caliper? - surfabusa - 26-01-2009
HEY THERE
similar thing happened 2 weeks ago with rear
was dropping my apprentice home and chatting to his old man who rides a bonnie trump and i offered him a ride.
anyway as he goes to pull away from the curb there is this horrible grinding crunching nosie suddenly appear from the rear, it stopped after a few seconds, the only thing i could find out of the ordinary was part of a bottle top flattened laying in the vicinty of the bike, i am guessing it was flicked up and lodged on the caliper or rear sprocket, either that or a small stone as there was road works around the corner.
Yes i agree it very sickening sound and the first thing i thought of was wheel bearing. no sign of damage or anything broken so it s a bit of a mystery
however so far two weeks later using the bus everyday no problems.
does anyone know how often or how regular should the wheel bearings be replaced.
bigfoot is alright, probably a little eager but who wasn't at 17.
At 17 I couldn't be told much at all as i thought i knew everything there was to know..bigfoot is willing to listen and learn. something i should of done at his age....
RE: Anyone else had a stone in their caliper? - DjPete - 26-01-2009
"does anyone know how often or how regular should the wheel bearings be replaced."
Good question.
I'de like to know too...
anyone?
RE: Anyone else had a stone in their caliper? - m8ee - 27-01-2009
I would suggest that if the front wheel locks up, and spits you over the handlebars into the back of a parked bus, then I would have a good look at them. Also if they make a grinding noise. LOL
I have had a small rock in mine too - similar symptoms to what you and Shayne have just described DJ - Pulled rock out, no ill effect to rotors or pads.
RE: Anyone else had a stone in their caliper? - DjPete - 27-01-2009
m8ee Wrote:I would suggest that if the front wheel locks up, and spits you over the handlebars into the back of a parked bus, then I would have a good look at them. Also if they make a grinding noise. LOL
I have had a small rock in mine too - similar symptoms to what you and Shayne have just described DJ - Pulled rock out, no ill effect to rotors or pads.
Thanks m8ee
RE: Anyone else had a stone in their caliper? - busakid08 - 27-01-2009
Ditto Shayne!
RE: Anyone else had a stone in their caliper? - BUSGO - 27-01-2009
I did front wheel bearings at about 80,000. They started to make a little whine noise that you could hear while riding slowly. Another indication was a very small dribble of dark oil from the seal onto the hub.
RE: Anyone else had a stone in their caliper? - surfabusa - 27-01-2009
BUSGO Wrote:I did front wheel bearings at about 80,000. They started to make a little whine noise that you could hear while riding slowly. Another indication was a very small dribble of dark oil from the seal onto the hub.
thanks for that busgo
soi guess 20,000 on a set of wheel bearings is nothing that puts my mind at rest after the crunching a heard a couple of weeks ago
I suppose its how hard you ride as well,