Two small needle roller bearings is not enough, and metal end caps on the outer sides of the swingarm do basically nothing as they rub to the bushings – metal to metal and do not form a good seal. Water gets in, bearings corrode and wear out even quicker…BUT NOT ANYMORE!
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A bit overcomplicated solution to a simple problem like that but, finally I can keep riding my xt on the quiet roads with open visor without being distracted by silly squeaky noises!
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So this part of the story I can easily call “being cheap”, because I steered away from the problem, and bumped into another because I picked up a cheap replacement part! But…
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Pulled the battery out again, plugged in the load tester again, and roughly after 20 seconds on it, voltage just dropped from 12 volts to 0! Checked again with no load – over 12Volts, under load 0v. Now that was a surprise!
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One evening, after a good session on trails, on the way home I noticed something weird. For some reason my headlight was vibrating more than usual! It also was making a bit of a rattling noise too… I mean rattles and vibrations are pretty normal on XT as it is pretty viby for a single cylinder, but this time my headlight was really bouncy!
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