20 F3 T with about 25,000 miles. Runs great and is in great condition - just one question....
Apparently has the original front sprocket. Gave it a good look over, Black in color and no sign of any red dust. Teeth look perfect as does the belt. Weather starting to warm up. Yesterday noticed for the first time, I begin to hear a whine from the left side in my ride keeping 65 to 75 MPH speed in the 5 or 6 mile climb from 4,000 ft elevation to about 8,000 ft. Whine was greatly reduced going down the other side. I figured it was just the whine that garnered a lot of complaints early on. That is what prompted the thorough inspection. Road about 200 miles yesterday.
The question is, should I leave well enough alone and is that something I should keep my eye on. Also is that a recall issue?
Thanks in advance.
This one sounds like the '
wind noise/whine issue' that reared its head just before the '
failed front sprocket/shaft splines' problem arose, the latter eventually being resolved by a recall!!
The '
wind noise/whine' issue is exactly as you describe, right down to the speeds, altho a few found the noise became annoying at much slower speeds too. The resolution for this particular issue is the
White Ceramic Coated front sprocket; but for many/most, this particular 'noise' concern was completely over-ridden by the rapidly increasing '
failure' concerns, with
those being resolved (apparently, or probably more likely - hopefully!
) with a new sprocket that is Silver, altho a few have reported that their previous whine, earlier resolved by installing the White Sprocket that was removed/replaced with the Silver Sprocket, came back after the Silver Sprocket went on! :gaah:
AFAIK, the Whine resolution was
NOT a recall, but rather a TSB that 'allowed' dealers to replace the sprocket as a warranty item for those who complained about it within a given time-frame, an offer that very likely had an end date on that particular program.... And some dealers insisted that the affected owners pay for it all anyway!
There's a
LOT of discussion on all this here on the Forum, I think if you put '
sprocket' or even '
front sprocket' into the search field; tick the '
Search Titles Only' box; then submit the search, you'll probably need to go to at least page 4 of the listed results before the threads show any real link to discussion on
THIS particular issue - but there
IS a resolution; part numbers; job details; and more to be found here if you do that search and spend some time reading. :thumbup:
The upshot of all this oldtimer, is that you can either live with the noise (many do) or if that's not on, then you should go to your dealer & ask nicely what they can do for you. Maybe take along your Spyder's VIN plus all the details of the 'Whine issue', TSB's & Part #'s' etc in hand; you should be able to get them to check to see if your bike is subject to the sprocket failure recall, in which case you should get that sorted for free... But do make sure they follow the procedures AND the curing time outlined in the '
Red Dust of Death' recall thread, and this
MIGHT resolve your whine noise too; or if your Spyder doesn't qualify for that recall, you
might be able to make a case for your dealer to fix the whine using the White front sprocket with all the background & details from here; maybe even getting that done as a courtesy per the TSB for that?? :dontknow:
Good Luck! :cheers:
