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Open Roads Forum  >  Tech Issues  > Onan 5500 rattle Reply to Topic  |  Subscribe  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  7ofus • View posts Georgia Full Member Joined: 06/20/2007 View Profile Offline Posted: 11/01/09 05:13pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator I have a 2 year old Onan 5500 gas generator with 170 hours. It has performed perfectly until today. When cranked, it started just fine. At a 50 watt load it maintained voltage and frequency. At 500 watts, it gave a shrill, rattling sound and voltage dropped until the transfer switch dropped out. RPM sounded constant. After a minute or so, the transfer switch would pull back in and all was fine until a load was put back on and the voltage dropped. After a few cycles of this while troubleshooting, I turned the gen off. It now cranks and starts but will not run unless the start switch is held on. No codes are shown. Any ideas? gunny357 • View posts North Carolina Senior Member Joined: 04/06/2005 View Profile Offline Posted: 11/01/09 07:19pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Need the complete model/spec/serial number so we know what you got. 7ofus • View posts Georgia Full Member Joined: 06/20/2007 View Profile Offline Posted: 11/01/09 07:24pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Model 5.5HGJAB-1038D Spec D S/N J060983675 It ran about 6 hours at 30 to 70% load 5 weeks ago. Has not been cranked since. 7ofus • View posts Georgia Full Member Joined: 06/20/2007 View Profile Offline Posted: 11/06/09 07:33pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator Just an update for anyone interested. This model generator has a drive belt and idler pulley. The idler pulley failed and took the belt with it. The good news is that the drive components have a lifetime warranty - it does not get much better than that. Cummins Power South in Atlanta did a great job fixing this for me. Reply to Topic  |  Subscribe  |  Print Topic  |  Post New Topic  |  Oldest first Newest first  Open Roads Forum  >  Tech Issues  > Onan 5500 rattle

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