Mechanic Needed around Cincinnati area

[Hydrant]

Hey everyone,

 

Its been forever since I've been on here and or last posted.    Got too many irons in the fire.  

 

 

Late last year as I would be riding the TLR i would notice that when coming to a stop it would act like something was in a bind suspension ( I think) related.    I looked into it briefly and never found anything and since it was so late in the year I just put it away for the winter.

 

Fast forward to now.   I put new tires on it a few weeks ago, put everything back together.   A week ago I took it out for a ride (gently on the new tires) but I would notice that the binding ( I think) feeling was still there at slow speed, so I rode home and looked for anything obvious. 

 

 

I'm stumped,  I found nothing that screamed obvious.    

 

It's got a slotted rear rotor, I'm going to take that off and replace with stocker and see if that was the issue, hopefully that will be this weekend.

 

If that doesn't do anything,         Is there any good garage mechanics or who ever that is good at diagnosing mysterious gremlins like that in the Cincinnati area. 

 

 

Thanks

[aforrest4]

Chain could be too tight.

[2talltim]

I also say it's in the chain. Too tight, bad sprocket, frozen links.

[Hydrant]

Hmmm.      Noted and I will look into that too.     IIRC when I put the new tire on its got about an inch of slop at the bottom, but after riding I will double check.    

 

 

I'm all about starting simple first.

 

 

Thanks for the suggestion    aforrest4

 

 

 

 

I checked the alignment with a caliper on the rear axle thinking it maybe misaligned (when I got back from riding) but that checked out,  but I will check the tension on the chain. 

Hopefully the weather clears up and I can see.

Edited June 19, 2015 by Hydrant

[Bubba]

I'll put in a plug for the AFJ Race Shop:  http://www.afjraceshop.com

 

3926 Eastern Ave

Cincinnati, Ohio 45226
(513) 321-2087

 

Brandon and Eric are good guys and know their stuff.  I will say that if you can figure out what is wrong before you take it in, you'll be doing yourself a favor as far as money goes.  It always costs more to drop it off at a shop with the instructions "It's broke and I don't know what's wrong….fix it!"

 

From your description, it's kind'a difficult to diagnose anything, but if it's something binding in the rear suspension, I'd start with rear shock/linkage/bushings and go from there.  Can't imagine why you think a rear rotor issue would cause suspension binding, but it certainly wouldn't hurt to take off the rear wheel to start looking for problems.

Edited June 19, 2015 by Bubba

[Hydrant]

I still haven't had time to  look into it.    I'm going to go through the chain to clean and lube it up good and check if there is a frozen link.  Check to see if the tension is too tight.

 

Bubba,

 

My description is vague because it's vague for me to replicate.  It's distinct if your sitting on it.  Full Yosh exhaust makes it tough to listen for anything.   It doesn't do it for me when sitting idle, just when rolling slow coming into a stop.   I was thinking rear rotor maybe it was warped and binding a little in the caliper. 

 

I don't think it's shock or linkage related, it's got a Ohlins that I put on about 4 years ago.

 

I'm thinking chain might be a little on the snug side now that I read what the previous posts have said.