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Anonymous Posted on Jul 14, 2013

Whining noise from primary case when you roll on throttle.

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Clutch inner primary bearing gone or primary chain too tight. Auto adjuster on these bikes so more than likely bearing failure.

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SOURCE: Whining noise from primary case when I roll on the throttle

sounds like low to no fluid in gearbox. by rolling throttle it makes fluid rush to back of case . with low fluid all moving parts in case cant get enough fluid covering them causing whine and wear.

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