Bevel Gear Whine

**jmorrow** · 05-15-2010, 07:01 PM

My wife and I were out riding today and while on the way home her 2004 Nomad started making a high piched whine when she let off the throttle. We were about 30 mile from home so we switched Nomads where I could see if I could determine what was going on(sounded like the noise was coming from the final drive). When I got it home I put it on the motorcycle jack, started it, put it in gear (3rd), my wife would throttle up and let off, several times. I couldn't determine where the noise was coming from. Sounded like it could be the clutch, final drive, or drive shaft. Has anyone had these symptoms with their Nomad or do you have an idea where I should start?

05-15-2010, 07:01 PM	#1
jmorrow Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Beech Grove, Arkansas Posts: 1,884	Bevel Gear Whine My wife and I were out riding today and while on the way home her 2004 Nomad started making a high piched whine when she let off the throttle. We were about 30 mile from home so we switched Nomads where I could see if I could determine what was going on(sounded like the noise was coming from the final drive). When I got it home I put it on the motorcycle jack, started it, put it in gear (3rd), my wife would throttle up and let off, several times. I couldn't determine where the noise was coming from. Sounded like it could be the clutch, final drive, or drive shaft. Has anyone had these symptoms with their Nomad or do you have an idea where I should start? __________________ Jim (Dooley) Morrow Stanford, Arkansas 2004 Kawasaki Nomad 1500 VBA #146 Login or Register to Remove Ads
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