The lt80 is about a month old and today we noticed a vibration noise coming from the rear. When I raised the back up and give it alittle gas just barely enough to turn the wheels you can hear it. Does anybody know what I might check before I take it in? Even when the wheels arn't turning but with alittle gas you can hear it.

Thanks for the help!!

 

Check and see if the pipe is touching the shock. Also check the pipe and see if it's tight. We had the rear wheels come loose a little. Wrenched a little on the center bolt took care of this. What ever it is, if it's not broken - I would fix it myself. But if somethings broken or if you can't seem to locate it, I would let the dealer look at it.

 

Thanks, I'll check those out also. I put a durablue axle on about a week ago and I noticed that there was some play in it so I tightened the axle nuts up and I think that took care of it. It would barely move but the nuts did seem to have loosened up. Quess I need to get some lock tight.
I don't know if that was the actual noise but it did seem to help.

 

If it is a 2001 model take it in immediatly and demand the dealer check the clutch parts...... the bushings and ramps etc......... i just had problems with mine which was three weeks out of warranty and was only driven a few times...........the problem was the parts in the clutch........took it in and the dealer fixed it and said suzuki would pic up the parts but i had to take care of labor, 250$ worth................

I went and picked it up tonight............I asked "What was wrong?"
The dealer showed me the list of clutch parts which were replaced, very lengthy.

I told him the machine was new and hardly driven and couldnt believe that they had been wore out already. I asked him if I should get rid of the machine if it would continually break.

He stated "Dont quote me on this but i think suzuki the way it sounds tried something new with this year and it didnt work like they thought. The new parts i got from suzuki and put back in the clutch look nothing like the parts i took out of the clutch which were broke, they look more like the old clutch parts from previous lt80 models."

Now when i heard this i was floored. Talk about getting the shaft, i had to pay 250$ for a brand new machine to get fixed when it was suzukis screw up but they would not stand behind it.

That is poor customer relations. Yes they picked up the parts but refused the labor.

The symptoms of mine started out to sound like a rattle also kind of like the exhaust was loose or something. I posted here and was told to check the head gasket, etc. They did all that and all was good. Thats when they found the clutch problem.

I was thinking of buying the z400 when it came out but considering suzuki's recent track history with this problem on my sons lt80 i think i will steer clear of it for now seeing as they would rather duck around there screw ups instead of facing up to it and taking care of the problem.

And yes it was 3 weeks out of the 3 month manufacturer warranty but like i said it had a grand total of about 4 hrs on it ridden on grass by a new 8yr old rider. No way this should of wore the parts in the clutch out.

Very poor on suzukis part in my opinion.

 

well after 88quadsport's expierience,I'd agree to check the clutches. As far as the axel nuts loosening,we use electrical tape.Start on the axel and roll it around up and over the 2 nuts,they allways will loosen if not.keep us informed plz [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]