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F3 Vibration
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Ronbo
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Any luck w tensioner?
Any luck with the belt tensioner? Brought my F3 home today and I noticed it on my inaugural ride home.
thanks!
B
Any luck with the belt tensioner? Brought my F3 home today and I noticed it on my inaugural ride home.
thanks!
B
mikedoucette66
New member
Yup notice the vibration bigtime... it starts at about 105km/h and goes till 115km/h then disappears. I feel it in my handlebars, seat even through the seat. It's hard to believe that BRP never felt this when they were test driving the prototype F3's!! I'm really curious if a belt tensioner will fix this issue and how long will it take BRP to do something about it:sour:
Genet
New member
F3 vibration
I sent an email to Steve M at BRP care asking if BRP has a plan to mitigate the vibration on our F3s,it will be interesting to see what, if anything, can or will be done to make this annoying vibration go away.
dealer said it "was normal " that's the same answer I got when I complained about the heat issue I had on my 2013 STS,and we all know how that worked out.
we shal see :banghead:
I sent an email to Steve M at BRP care asking if BRP has a plan to mitigate the vibration on our F3s,it will be interesting to see what, if anything, can or will be done to make this annoying vibration go away.
dealer said it "was normal " that's the same answer I got when I complained about the heat issue I had on my 2013 STS,and we all know how that worked out.
we shal see :banghead:
Retired 2012
New member
Sorry,
To hear you have the vibration issue, too. I posted about it in Feb. just after I got the bike. Very frustrating. Dealer double checked the belt alignment
and tension but it was right on spec. so I still have the vibration. BRP said it was due to the length of the belt. The guy I talked with said not to add a belt tensioner because the added tension could cause other issues in the long run...
Hope you have better luck, Please keep me posted if you find a fix.
thanks.
DJ
To hear you have the vibration issue, too. I posted about it in Feb. just after I got the bike. Very frustrating. Dealer double checked the belt alignment
and tension but it was right on spec. so I still have the vibration. BRP said it was due to the length of the belt. The guy I talked with said not to add a belt tensioner because the added tension could cause other issues in the long run...
Hope you have better luck, Please keep me posted if you find a fix.
thanks.
DJ
Ronbo
New member
VIBRATION... IS NOT:
Normal, and it's not the engine....I've even had knowledgeable BRP people tell me it's my imagination... Stay tuned..I think some very smart forum sponsors have figured how to reduce or stop it. I added a belt tensioner On my 2013 RT, MY 2014 RT, and that SOLVED the problem . Further, it caused no problems. Belt tensioner goes on F3 tomorrow
Ron
Normal, and it's not the engine....I've even had knowledgeable BRP people tell me it's my imagination... Stay tuned..I think some very smart forum sponsors have figured how to reduce or stop it. I added a belt tensioner On my 2013 RT, MY 2014 RT, and that SOLVED the problem . Further, it caused no problems. Belt tensioner goes on F3 tomorrow
Ron
Air Wing Guy
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Baker Built Belt Stabilizer
We at Baker Built have a belt stabilizer that will not add any more tension on the belt but will take the vibration out. Please check us out on our web site where you may view pictures of the belt stabilizer.
Thanks, Mike
We at Baker Built have a belt stabilizer that will not add any more tension on the belt but will take the vibration out. Please check us out on our web site where you may view pictures of the belt stabilizer.
Thanks, Mike
mikedoucette66
New member
It's belt vibration not engine vibration!!!! That i'M POSITIVE Horrible from 105km/h to 115km/h then goes away.
World's most expensive vibrator!
I too, got the same run around at the dealer today! I was told that it is normal for the F3's to do this. The salesman that sold me the bike said he couldn't feel it much at all. I spent a lot of money on a vibrator, not happy with the dealer that had the gall to charge me a 1/2 hour labor to look at the belt, and tell me everything is fine!!
I too, got the same run around at the dealer today! I was told that it is normal for the F3's to do this. The salesman that sold me the bike said he couldn't feel it much at all. I spent a lot of money on a vibrator, not happy with the dealer that had the gall to charge me a 1/2 hour labor to look at the belt, and tell me everything is fine!!
The engine is not lugging in the least! It is a very annoying vibration. You can drop the RPM's below 3800-4100 or above and the vibration goes away. So lugging the engine is not even part of the equation!!
Do you have an F3?
jcthorne
Well-known member
No, its not. The vibration happens right in the engine's sweet spot on the torque curve. Not bogging, not lugging, driving correctly goes right through the belt harmonic range. And it is very annoying. yes you can drive around it but you should not have to. Not in the range it occurs. Its a defect in the design, not improper riding. This is starting to sound like the heat defects in the 2013 RTs. Yea, that was all in my head and over filling of the tank too......
I too hope SmoothSpyder comes out with a well designed tensioner that solves this.
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