Stripped my fork stem nut today help
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Stripped my fork stem nut today help
So as it goes now on my 08 FXDF about every 200 miles
I get the dreaded front end clunk.
I would go through proper adjustment checks and re-torque stem nut. I have the correct washer so not sure why it keeps needing to be re-adjusted and torqued. So the clunk comes up and I get pissed so I re torque again.
This weekend rolls around and again clunk. So I go through procedure and loosen stem nut but this time it won't budge and it seems the stem nut is stripped
Any suggestions on how to get it off? I've been both ways with it and it won't move. I'm so pissed at myself and the stupid clunking problem.
I get the dreaded front end clunk.
I would go through proper adjustment checks and re-torque stem nut. I have the correct washer so not sure why it keeps needing to be re-adjusted and torqued. So the clunk comes up and I get pissed so I re torque again.
This weekend rolls around and again clunk. So I go through procedure and loosen stem nut but this time it won't budge and it seems the stem nut is stripped
Any suggestions on how to get it off? I've been both ways with it and it won't move. I'm so pissed at myself and the stupid clunking problem.
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Update
Here is the update to my front end problem.
I took it to the dealer. They looked at it. No questions asked they covered it under the warranty.
Here is a copy of the work done.
I took it to the dealer. They looked at it. No questions asked they covered it under the warranty.
Here is a copy of the work done.
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Its not the stem nut that gets loose, its the bearing adjuster nut that gets loose, or is loose, it holds the bearing in underneath the top triple tree and it controls the amount of free play on the bearings, thats where the clunk comes from.
Tightening the stem nut just tightens the stem nut and has no effect on the clunk issue.
Tightening the stem nut just tightens the stem nut and has no effect on the clunk issue.
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