As Deerchaser says, Trust him - He's right. The lockwasher for that nut is on backwards.

Jaybee

 

I went thru hell with my dealer and Suzuki, to the point I hired an attorney. Took them 3 weeks to find the problem. Drove me nuts!!!!

 

deerchaser

i dont want to sound stupid, but is that loose nut on the manuals or the autos? i have about 50 miles on it and no problems. going to take it in for its first service next week.

Jim

 

The loose nut on mine was on a 5-speed. The nut is the main nut on the auto-clutch shaft. There is a cupped type lockwasher that only works if installed correctly. Unlike DeerChaser, The service guy at my dealer was able to find it - despite the random noise going into a can-not-duplicate mode while at the dealership. From my description of the noise, they were able to narrow it down to the auto-clutch area. Took about 30 minutes to fix.

Jaybee

 

Mine is an auto

 

I really dont think the tranny has anything to do with it. It's the automatic clutch ahead of the tranny. Both manuals and autos have the same automatic clutch. (I think). I know they had a recall on this for the manuals but it's showing its face in the autos as well. The noise is a shaft sliding on another shaft, the knock is the moving shaft hitting the loose nut. Call customer (no) service, ask for Brian Platt, he will remember me. lol Good luck, I think my bad experiance is due to a POS dealer not Suzuki.

 

Mine is an auto and only makes noise at lower speeds. Does this sound like that loose nut?

 

The recall affected only the 1st production run units, or so my dealer told me. If you hve bought one this year they are supposed to be corrected from the factory. I've not heard any sounds but valves may be starting to tick a bit. Mine is starting and running well, just give it a little gas after starting and is fine after a few secs.

 

This noise has been discussed allot and I've read every Eiger post about this. I'm not sure if I'm making more of it because of all the discussions.... after all, this is a single cylinder engine with alot of sliding parts in the clutch and auto tranny. I made the dealer aware that several people on this an other forums have complained about this on automatics, not just manuals. I also told them that there are some documented "washer/nut" problems on newer automatics, and I'd like it at least checked.

The noise is not present at idle, but appears at any throttle position under acceleration (but seems more noticeable under light acceleration). You hear it less as your speed increases but I can't tell if thats because it goes away, or if other noises drown it out. It's not overly harsh and if your not mechanically inclined, it wouldn't even cuase you to think twice. Being mechanically inclined and untrusting of many dealers willingness to go the extra mile to find minor issues, I hesitate to accept a complete dismissal as normal. I aslo have a Yamaha Kodiak Auto and it makes no such noise.

The good news is that the noise has been there since new, has not gotten better or worse and has been checked out by the dealer. They insist it's normal. Personally, I'd love to learn how to check it myself just so I can have some peace of mind. Anyone know if its a big deal to do that?

 

JAV1 mine sounds just like how you explained. How many miles are on yours? I have 70 on mine and I am leaving on quad trip tomorrow. Just dont want major problem while gone plan to ride at least 200 or 300 miles.