wide glide clunk
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From: Boise, Idaho
wide glide clunk
have the typical clunk in the front end on my '06 WG with 9K miles. replaced the steel washer on the steering head and torques to specs. No change. bike handles great but still have that annoying clund when I hit a bump on the road. any ideas?
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Bet it's the front gas tank mount. I had the same problem.. replaced washer. etc. then I had my tank warranteed for the fuel pump gasket leaking and ruining my paint. Drove home from the dealer and had some serious clunk... looked around and found the front of the tank could be lifted up. tightened the bolts and wa la no more clunk!! hope this helps!!
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You need to go deeper than the washer and top nut. There is also a nut belowe the top tree to adjust the bearing pre-load. If you don't have a service manual get one and check/adjust the fall off on the front end.
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I just fixed the clunk on my '05 last week. Loosened the top nut, then tightened the adjusting nut below the top triple tree. Tightened the top nut again, and checked the fall away. I had to do it a couple times to get it right. It was easy to over-tighten the adjusting nut. I read somewhere to tighten the top nut to 100 ft-lbs instead of the recommended 80. This did the trick. Everything's fine now.
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The 04'-05' are different animals and don't really apply to the 06' up clunk as relating to the washer TSB. I also have the clunk and performed the washer repair and fall away, it did nothing. I am having a hard time isolating where it is coming from, but I really have not focused on it as a trouble shot yet either, just want to ride. It sounds like it is internally in the fork??? One forum member said his was due to an upper fork housing bushing moving up and down. I would agree with that, except he said he still had to slide hammer the assembly out, so how could it have been loose??? I am thinking maybe it is the fork lock, but it does not seem to be coming from that area? Mine seems to clunk when the forks are rebounding rather than when compressing, doesn't happen when actually hitting the bump, but after. I would hate to take the forks and triples apart to look for a problem if I can't isolate it to that. It is starting to annoy me more so I guess it is time to spend some time looking at it more closely.
Anyone out there looked closer into this, please post.
CB
Anyone out there looked closer into this, please post.
CB
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From: Palm Beach
Mine still has it after 4 attempts to get it fixed at the dealer(s) (3 Harley and 1 Indy). Changed the washers, retorqued again and again.
Still there.
Last dealer told me it was a floating front brake caliper... or was it a floating rotor? Who the he** knows?
Anyway, I stopped worrying about it.
Still there.
Last dealer told me it was a floating front brake caliper... or was it a floating rotor? Who the he** knows?
Anyway, I stopped worrying about it.
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The 04'-05' are different animals and don't really apply to the 06' up clunk
The term 'Wide Glide clunk' was around way before '06 and was a problem with FX Softails as well as Wide Glides.
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