So I was checking my rear tire and rim to check for any warp, and I heard this. It sounds almost like a golf ball plunking around in there when spinning the rear wheel. Any ideas?
DO NOT ride that bike until you pull the rear wheel and figure out what is making that noise; splines, final drive, wheel bearing, rear brake, etc. Sounds potentially dangerous!
Definitely not riding it until I get this figured out. I have to swap out the stator, so I'll pick a day this weekend or next to disassemble and check things out.
Well you spun the wheel backwards. If there's a loose brake shoe, it will sound different going the other way. (More of a scraping sound than a clunking sound)
Either way you need to pull the wheel off and check everything out. The drive hub transfers power to the rear wheel by a set of "paddles" that fit into large rubber/plastic triangle shaped things that fit into the wheel itself. These can produce a clunking sound when the wheel spins which is usually drowned out when the motor is running.
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