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grey-head Ex Member	CHIRPING SOUND 10/18/06 at 18:33:02 MY SAVAGE IS A 2001 WITH 22000 MILES ON IT, RECENTLY IT STARTED MAKING A CHIRPING SOUND (THAT'S THE BEST WAY I CAN DESCRIBE IT) WHEN I SHIFT GEARS AND WHEN I LET OFF THE THROTTLE. THE CHIRP SEEMS TO BE COMING FROM THE BELT (USED THE FACTORY ADJUSTER TO CHECK TENSION) CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT THIS MIGHT BE? THANKS AND GOD BLESS...GREYHEAD
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steelwolf Serious Thumper Offline "I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride." Posts: 847 Trinity, NC Gender:	Re: CHIRPING SOUND Reply #1 - 10/18/06 at 18:35:56 It's the belt. Take your factory adjuster and sell it on ebay. It's worthless. Adjust the belt manually by tightening/loosening until you can turn it 90* in the middle.
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sluggo Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline big singles lead, twins follow the pack Posts: 4744 moses lake washington Gender:	Re: CHIRPING SOUND Reply #2 - 10/18/06 at 18:59:32 this again, ok.. several factors to be considered. belt adjustment, belt alignment, high humidity. the best thing to do is adjust, then ignore it.
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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: CHIRPING SOUND Reply #3 - 10/18/06 at 19:58:50 And that 90° twist should be in the middle of the bottom length of belt.
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georgekathe Ex Member	Re: CHIRPING SOUND Reply #4 - 10/19/06 at 10:35:26 how come you don't have to rotate wheel to find tight spot on belt to adjust where that falls @ bottom of chain run as you do with a chain - nobody seems to put this down as a requisite.
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Max_Morley Serious Thumper Offline LT650 Luxury Touring & sidecar rig Posts: 1490 Moses Lake. WA Gender:	Re: CHIRPING SOUND Reply #5 - 10/19/06 at 20:52:36 I've rolled mine over many time while supported on the muffler bracket with a scissors jack and never noticed a tight spot like I often found in chain drive. Will have to check this out more next time mine is on the hoist for service. Max
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luken Full Member Offline Posts: 147 Mesa, az Gender:	Re: CHIRPING SOUND Reply #6 - 10/20/06 at 13:49:06 I have a chirping sounds too. Drives me nuts, I have no clue what it is. Sounds like its coming somewhere from the carb but I have taken that apart 3 times and still nothing. Ill pay more attention to the belt though.
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Trippah Serious Thumper Offline I ride, therefore I am. Posts: 2517 central Mass Gender:	Re: CHIRPING SOUND Reply #7 - 10/20/06 at 14:58:19 luken- does your passenger have a rather elongated body and odd helmet? Kinda overdoes the body armor??
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Re: CHIRPING SOUND
Reply #8 - 10/20/06 at 18:35:01

when i was shopping for a bike last feb my main 2 choices came down to the savage and the kaw vulcan 500 ltd..dealer at kaw was a stealer wouldnt deal PLUS bike had a chain....
love my suzi to pieces but the belt chip drives me nuts..tried the tension tool, the 90 deg method, the dealer when he mounted my metzlers.. all adjustements in the last 6-8 weeks have not lasted more than a few days..
ok... supossed to get down in the 20s tonite was 50+ today .. reason i metion temp, when i rode UP to the mesa(10k asl im at 4 k or so) a couple of times this summer, tee shirt in the valley chaps and leather jacket up top, the belt responded to the temp change,fine here,chirpin on the way up top(sometimes its a "wall"of temp change w/ elevation gain) about the same time the ears equalize the second time..
i thought the advantage of a belt was less headaches....can (should) belts be so temp sensitive as they age?5k on the od.... ???

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barry68v10 Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 955 Maryland Gender:	Re: CHIRPING SOUND Reply #9 - 10/21/06 at 14:33:08 Nothing a good set of earplugs won't fix Yes, belts are temp/humidity sensative in terms of the sounds they make but they don't wear unevenly like a chain (that's what causes the tight and loose spots.)
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steelwolf Serious Thumper Offline "I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride." Posts: 847 Trinity, NC Gender:	Re: CHIRPING SOUND Reply #10 - 10/21/06 at 18:49:13 The problem you guys/gals are having with belt chip can be cured simply by getting a louder pipe!
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georgekathe Ex Member	Re: CHIRPING SOUND Reply #11 - 10/21/06 at 19:45:58 can't get much too louder than the pipe I have, steelwolf - as it is Kathe hates it! ask thumper clone - he is not happy with chirping noise & has same muffler
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thumperclone Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline PGR rider riding with respect Posts: 6877 Grand Junction Colorado Gender:	Re: CHIRPING SOUND Reply #12 - 10/22/06 at 08:03:47 steelwolf wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:10: The problem you guys/gals are having with belt chip can be cured simply by getting a louder pipe! got the lrg hard crome slash cut, pipe is enuf LOUD and im not takin the baffles out.. live with it ill do as i tweak the darn belt
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Salad_Shaker

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Reply #13 - 10/25/06 at 09:03:37

Previous threads on this theme - it could even have been back on Bert's site also suggested two other possibilities foir chirping belts: some belt grease needed (I have none nor have I ever used any so I'm not talking from experience just from memory) or the belt fouling the belt guard and the chirp being produced as the swinging arm moves with the road surface. You'd have to have a dinged belt guard for that one methinks.

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steelwolf Serious Thumper Offline "I'm a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride." Posts: 847 Trinity, NC Gender:	Re: CHIRPING SOUND Reply #14 - 10/25/06 at 15:28:15 georgekathe wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:10: can't get much too louder than the pipe I have, steelwolf - as it is Kathe hates it! ask thumper clone - he is not happy with chirping noise & has same muffler Gotta loose the baffles.
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