Post by hankyknot on May 26, 2017 15:41:42 GMT -5
A couple of weeks ago I picked up my first ever scooter and have run into a puzzling issue. The other day I was riding it home and it suddenly started making what can best be described as a plastic screeching noise intermittently from the front end.
It sounded like plastic rubbing on a wheel but when I stopped and checked there was no plastic rubbing on anything that I could see.
There was no vibration or other accompanying sensation that might help identify the source just an intermittent and irregular noise.
The only thing I did notice is that there is a small drum with a cable going into it that looked like maybe a speedometer connection that would twist back and forth in line with the wheel for an inch in either direction. Its a Chironex Vinny 50 with disk brakes so I know its not a brake drum and I don't remember if that part was mobile before the noise or not. The frequency of the noise didn't seem to be impacted by accelerating or braking and the speedo was stable and not jittery at all as I would expect it to be if there was an issue with the connection.
Anyone got any ideas?
It sounded like plastic rubbing on a wheel but when I stopped and checked there was no plastic rubbing on anything that I could see.
There was no vibration or other accompanying sensation that might help identify the source just an intermittent and irregular noise.
The only thing I did notice is that there is a small drum with a cable going into it that looked like maybe a speedometer connection that would twist back and forth in line with the wheel for an inch in either direction. Its a Chironex Vinny 50 with disk brakes so I know its not a brake drum and I don't remember if that part was mobile before the noise or not. The frequency of the noise didn't seem to be impacted by accelerating or braking and the speedo was stable and not jittery at all as I would expect it to be if there was an issue with the connection.
Anyone got any ideas?
