Post by greens on Aug 8, 2013 12:21:30 GMT -5
Greetings!
So I removed the ring from my Variator to allow a higher top speed.
This has worked beautifully.
However I am noticing something now, I can’t say for certain that it wasn’t there before… but there is a sound coming from the variator.
If I go full throttle and reach my current max speed, shy of 40mph, I begin to hear a faint metal on metal sound, akin to maybe… a cook sharpening his knife on another knife; shing shing shing? Nothing too bothersome, just a faint metal on metal sound. Changes in frequency of shings can also be noticed, it might be one shing per second, or maybe 3 every 2 seconds, noticeably faster.
There are only 2 things that are involved with removing the ring, a C clip and a reverse threaded nut for the kick start, because of the reverse threading I can’t imagine it is loose, it would simply tighten itself.
Does anyone else hear this shing noise when at top speed?
I’m considering just taking the cover off, starting it, and looking, but my real question would have to be… is this normal? I don’t want to try and fix something it if is working as intended.
Again the sound is not present during positive or negative acceleration.
So I removed the ring from my Variator to allow a higher top speed.
This has worked beautifully.
However I am noticing something now, I can’t say for certain that it wasn’t there before… but there is a sound coming from the variator.
If I go full throttle and reach my current max speed, shy of 40mph, I begin to hear a faint metal on metal sound, akin to maybe… a cook sharpening his knife on another knife; shing shing shing? Nothing too bothersome, just a faint metal on metal sound. Changes in frequency of shings can also be noticed, it might be one shing per second, or maybe 3 every 2 seconds, noticeably faster.
There are only 2 things that are involved with removing the ring, a C clip and a reverse threaded nut for the kick start, because of the reverse threading I can’t imagine it is loose, it would simply tighten itself.
Does anyone else hear this shing noise when at top speed?
I’m considering just taking the cover off, starting it, and looking, but my real question would have to be… is this normal? I don’t want to try and fix something it if is working as intended.
Again the sound is not present during positive or negative acceleration.
