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.

Marbles in a can 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. The generation of sound by water flow and possibly. Any ideas what that is. The transaxle was replaced at 465 miles for excessive noise.

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. Vanos rattle is usually more plasticky as far as i can tell from. Also up to that point i did not hear any popping noises when going around turns as you would expect with a bad axle. The rolling marbles problem sounds interesting and intriguing partly because the answer probably combines different areas of acoustics.

Joined aug 10 2010 148 posts. The manual transmission makes marbles in a can type noises. Marbles in a can noise. Jump to latest follow 1 15 of 15 posts.

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo bppv is scary because it hits so suddenly and keeps you from doing normal activities. Learn why this happens and how to put loose ear crystals back in place. 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. Yes the marbles in a coffee can sound.

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.