Marbles In A Can Noise

The noise is back i have taken it back into the dealer numerous times over the last year for this and the dealer now says it is normal and refuses to do anything about it.

Marbles in a can noise.

Discussion starter 1 feb 12 2011 edited i have been trying to find this rattle grinding noise for a while thinking it was a heat shield or exhaust but i discovered something new about this noise yesterday. Any ideas what that is. It is not present all the time it comes and goes but it is an unsettling sound possibly of impending doom like the transmission is going to explode. Also up to that point i did not hear any popping noises when going around turns as you would expect with a bad axle.

This may only apply to the 6 speed trans. The generation of sound by water flow and possibly. Joined aug 10 2010 148 posts. It was a very disconcerting sound to me early on and if i had not heard about it first here on these forums i would have been very worried myself.

Jump to latest follow 1 15 of 15 posts. The dealership told me i had a bad axle so obviously i can t fully trust their diagnosis since they were flat out wrong about the cause of the marbles in a can sound. Yes the marbles in a coffee can sound. The transaxle was replaced at 465 miles for excessive noise.

Has anyone else heard a marbles in a tin can type of noise coming from the right side of the bike possibly the transmission on my 2009 jackpot. Published on nov 29 2011 in the lower revs there is a strange rattling sound much like marbles in a can. The manual transmission makes marbles in a can type noises. Vanos rattle is usually more plasticky as far as i can tell from.

Marbles in a can noise.