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By now you've all read and are probably growing tired of seeing new threads about my recent purchase.
This question is about the front axel. I've mentioned that I hear clunks when turning the wheels sharp, mainly at slow speeds, but I'm not turning the wheel extremely sharply at high speeds, so there you are....
Last week I noticed while riding that while going down a rather steep hill and applied the front brakes, I could hear the gears in the front slipping, or what I assumed was slipping.
Today when trying to get the drums off, I had the bike jacked up and when I tried to turn the front wheel nut, I could see and hear the axel slipping. I had to put the wheel back on and drop the bike to the ground before I could loosen the wheel nut. That happened on both front wheels.
Long story short. What is the best guess of the problem?
I don't really intend to try to fix it, at least not right now***. It rides fine, and for my purposes as long as it doesn't deteriorate to where it has no 4 wheel drive, then I'll use it as is. It's never slipped while riding it up or down hills, except when aggresively applying the brakes doing down a very steep hill.
***Unless you say, OMG! Fix it else it will trash the whole transmission!
Thoughts?
This question is about the front axel. I've mentioned that I hear clunks when turning the wheels sharp, mainly at slow speeds, but I'm not turning the wheel extremely sharply at high speeds, so there you are....
Last week I noticed while riding that while going down a rather steep hill and applied the front brakes, I could hear the gears in the front slipping, or what I assumed was slipping.
Today when trying to get the drums off, I had the bike jacked up and when I tried to turn the front wheel nut, I could see and hear the axel slipping. I had to put the wheel back on and drop the bike to the ground before I could loosen the wheel nut. That happened on both front wheels.
Long story short. What is the best guess of the problem?
I don't really intend to try to fix it, at least not right now***. It rides fine, and for my purposes as long as it doesn't deteriorate to where it has no 4 wheel drive, then I'll use it as is. It's never slipped while riding it up or down hills, except when aggresively applying the brakes doing down a very steep hill.
***Unless you say, OMG! Fix it else it will trash the whole transmission!
Thoughts?