Touring Models Road King, Road King Custom, Road King Classic, Road Glide, Street Glide, Electra Glide, Electra Glide Classic, and Electra Glide Ultra Classic bikes.
Sponsored by:
Sponsored by:

Rear end clunk

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
  #1  
Old 09-14-2012, 06:55 AM
Bullitt59's Avatar
Bullitt59
Bullitt59 is offline
Cruiser
Thread Starter
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Saint John NB Canada
Posts: 249
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Rear end clunk

I have a 2011 Ultra Classic with the Profile Low Touring Shocks on it. Last weekend I installed a rear end lowering kit. The kind that lets you move the rear shock mount back up to 3 inches., the shocks are at the 2" setting. With 40#of air in the shocks, my wife & I made the return 60 mile trip home with no problems. This week, driving back & forth to work, on every bump there is a clunk in the rear over every bump. It feels like there is no air in the tire, or no shocks on the bike. I checked the shock air pressure, tire pressure and all fittings and everything seems ok.

Any ideas?
 
  #2  
Old 09-14-2012, 08:06 AM
Texas Fat Boy's Avatar
Texas Fat Boy
Texas Fat Boy is offline
Extreme HDF Member
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: ST. Louis
Posts: 10,045
Likes: 0
Received 34 Likes on 22 Posts
Default

So you have lowered your bike 3"...........1" with the shocks and 2" with the lowering blocks.
That sounds to low to me.

On another note I had a clunking sound and the rubber bushing that is in the rear muffler mount had sliped out.
So the muffler could move up and down a 1/2".
This is a common thing with Monster Ovals, which is what I had at the time.
 
  #3  
Old 09-14-2012, 08:19 AM
grbrown's Avatar
grbrown
grbrown is offline
Club Member
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Bedford UK
Posts: 45,435
Received 2,852 Likes on 2,419 Posts
Default

You could try backing off one notch on the lowering kit and take a ride, to see if the problem goes away. If not, remove it completely and try again. The main thing at this stage is to identify where the problem is coming from.
 
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
richie
Touring Models
2
04-06-2013 03:55 PM
roadkingdisciple
Air Suspensions
2
02-09-2013 09:11 PM
ThaGlyde
Touring Models
31
02-13-2010 09:47 PM
Jazz56
Touring Models
5
01-18-2008 06:51 PM
hwyjunkie
Touring Models
2
11-18-2007 06:45 PM



Quick Reply: Rear end clunk



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 06:06 AM.