Hello,

I've got a quick question. I recently developed a slight repetitive cliking or ticking coming from the belt cover. Any ideas?

I've got 310 miles on it and i only seem to notice it at idle and slow speeds, but that might be cause it gets drowned out at higher speeds.

Thanks

 

Hey there..I too have noticed a strange clicling sound..it is intermitant..and I cant seem to localize it but it is odd..at first I thoiught i had something wrapped around my drive shaft bi=ut i cant make it do it everytime...I have also noticed that the tranny at low speed or when the gas is let off and spooling down it whines alot..very annoying,but the bike runs like a champ.

 

I too have the ticking noise coming from my clutch cover. The primary clutch slides back and forth between guides. There are small "pucks" that slide along these guides. As the "pucks" wear down they allow a bit of play between the two halves of the primary clutch thus causing that annoying ticking sound at very low rpm's. As soon as the motor is reved up it should go away.
Hope this helps to answer your concern. It is not a big deal or anything to worry about.

 

Oshawa is correct about the wear shoes in the primary clutch.
You will probably notice the noise at an idle when the engine is cooler and as it heats up the noise goes away because things expand as they get hot of course.
Although they can wear considerably before you have to worry about it, it may be a good idea to keep the clearance within spec to avoid wear on other parts such as bearings and bushings in the primary.
Kawi offers a wide range of thickness so as the guides wear you can still keep things nice and tight. I have already replaced mine after ordering all the different sizes and finding out which size fit best at a cost of about 30 bucks or about 3 bucks per set,pretty cheap maintenance!!!!
Again they can wear alot before it is necessary to replace them but I am quite picky about my toys and enjoy keeping the best quad on the market in tip top running order.

DirtyDawg, you sould also shim the secondary early on at about the same mileage you are at now. I did mine at about 300 miles and it was at max deflection After shimming to minimum deflection I have put a total of about 1200 miles on it with zero belt issues and I am still well within deflection specs.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

 

I was told the same thing. That the wear shoes(pucks) rattle/click sometimes. This seems to be one of the 3-4 little normal noises. Not to worry.

 

Thanks guys,

I wonder if you were inside the clutch cover if that would be the best time to replace the "springs" that everyone is taking about.

Here's another question for you.
After sustaning high speed (50 mph) for several minutes, I sporadically get a slight hesistation, almost like I let off the throttle for a split second. Mabey it's something as easy as checking plugs?