Just joined a few days ago. I have a '07 Softail Deluxe - had it about a year and ever since abour a week after I picked it up it has had a "rattle" coming from the front end. I have had it back to the dealer three times - they say they found and corrected it, but after less than a mile it's back. It's most noticable going over sharp bumps.
Any help would be appreciated.
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First time they said it was my high beam headlight filiment that broke and was ratteling around - lol. I did get a new headlight out of the deal.
The second time they said sit was my exhaust pipes - still no cigar. The third time I had it in fora dyno run and they test rode it for almost 100 miles - said they didn't hear a rattle? It's still there; I'm just wondering if anyone had a similarproblem so I could give these guys a service bulliten # to check.
Jim
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Rattle... is it a rattle or a clunk on bumps?
If a clunk, probably your steering head is not torqued properly.
If a rattle, check the bolts on your seat rail... I had a loose one and the washer rattled like heck.
Check your pipes to be sure they aren't rubbing anything.
Check your cables aren't routed weird.
just go over everything with a wrench... no need to torque on anything, just see if anything is 'finger tight'
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Bin there done that, even changed pipes - still rattles. I canreplicate the noise when the bike is standing still by "working" thefront end up and down. It sounds like a click every time the front end is compressed, but when at speed over sharp bumpsit's a rattle.I could tear into the front end myself, but the bike is still under warrantee.
Jim
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Had the exact same problem on the wifes 07 Deluxe, had it to the
dealer 2 or 3 times, ended up relplacing the front forks, problem
solved. Haven't had a rattle since and it's been over a year and
around 5,000 miles since they cahanged the forks.
Hope this helps.
Maybe it's the washer in the steering head?? I just had mine replaced with Part No. 45740-07 per Technical Service bulletin M-1215A and it fixed the problem. I thought this was a Dyna thing, but when I looked again at the the bikes affected, your 07 Softail is included.
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Diane
'06 Street Bob Cobalt Blue
'03 Wide Glide Silver & Black (hubby)
'07 DELUXE FRONT END RATTLE
