Strange man from Canada

[roncar]

There are lots of resources available online to help you through most any Goldwing problem you may have. Some of my favorites are:

ngwclub.com
classicgoldwings.com
goldwingdocs.com
goldwingfacts.com

There are more but these are active enough to get fast responses. A quick index is available here.

Now if you have Vetter related questions as they apply to your Goldwing, this is the place.

 

[Hondamaniac]

The belts are self tensioning, the springs supply all the tension needed. Simply turn the engine over with the tensioners loose and then after several revolutions tighten it all up. Most likely the whine is from a bad tensioner bearing. Did you change/check them? They are still available, or you can rebuild the ones you have, instructions can be found here: http://www.sdb-e.com/TENSIONER/TENSIONE ... LD-JCS.pdf