karl
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Had one go at the end of last season and it drove me crazy to find it. It would make all sorts of ugly noises and then get quiet as a mouse. A sound like a cable caught in the hub and flapping. the friction surface delaminated from the backing plate and binding. Assorted squeals and gronches even rolling the bike at a stop.
I thought it was a brake pad problem and ordered a new set. used a C clamp to open the calipers and pulled the front wheel to check the bearings. They felt fine to me and the pads looked OK, WTH. The bike sat in the garage waiting to get fixed and serviced. Life seems to serve up large helping of the wrong thing at the wrong time so it sat while life did it's thing.
Weather here got very warm for early spring and I pushed the stripped bike out of the garage into the sun for some overdue defunking. It squealed on the way out and was quiet on the way in. service done the tupperware back on it was way too tempting to go for a short very upright ride. Rode to work, nothing. The next day the noise was back. Pulled the front front fender to convince myself that there was nothing going on in there. Pulled the front wheel and a bearing was bad. pried out the seal and the cage of the ball bearing was coming apart you could fish bits of it out with a screwdriver. A new set of Honda bits got pressed back in in and Jezabell is dancing again.
Look for wear marks on the wheel spacers where they go into the bearing seals. Seems the bad bearing can drive them. Plastic getting slapped noises from the front end can be bearing problems.
Enjoy your ride
I thought it was a brake pad problem and ordered a new set. used a C clamp to open the calipers and pulled the front wheel to check the bearings. They felt fine to me and the pads looked OK, WTH. The bike sat in the garage waiting to get fixed and serviced. Life seems to serve up large helping of the wrong thing at the wrong time so it sat while life did it's thing.
Weather here got very warm for early spring and I pushed the stripped bike out of the garage into the sun for some overdue defunking. It squealed on the way out and was quiet on the way in. service done the tupperware back on it was way too tempting to go for a short very upright ride. Rode to work, nothing. The next day the noise was back. Pulled the front front fender to convince myself that there was nothing going on in there. Pulled the front wheel and a bearing was bad. pried out the seal and the cage of the ball bearing was coming apart you could fish bits of it out with a screwdriver. A new set of Honda bits got pressed back in in and Jezabell is dancing again.
Look for wear marks on the wheel spacers where they go into the bearing seals. Seems the bad bearing can drive them. Plastic getting slapped noises from the front end can be bearing problems.
Enjoy your ride
