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Old 07-23-2017, 07:39 AM
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Originally Posted by sixguns
I have taken a center punch to those hangers in the past, made a nice little raised dimple, tightens up nicely.
Great idea! I never thought of the washer as a permanent fix. The clamp comes off easily, I'll try the center punch idea. It's a fairly large gap but I have a some big hammers lol.
I just can't stop wondering "why, Harley?"
 
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Old 08-18-2017, 07:28 AM
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Originally Posted by Zoom1077
Recently street glide special developed a rattling noise on starting that disappears after about 30 seconds. Sounds like a heat shield is loose but checked and all are tight. Completely disappears after a few seconds. I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this? I'm trying to avoid taking to dealer as I have slip ons and don't want to switch back unless I have to. Slip on is not the problem as I started to hear the noise prior to changing pipes. Just a slight rattle but noticeable. Any ideas??
I have a 2017 sgs with the same problem. I put a strip of gasket material from a wood stove glass door on the inside of the lower heat shield and a piece under the cross over clamp. Had my first rattle free ride in over 3000 kms .
 
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I heard a rattle on mine and it was the left floorboard.
 
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I have a rattle and took it into Harley and they diagnosed it as a loose heat shield. They tried to charge me $18 to tighten it up.

Noise is still there.
 
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Tighten your nuts man.
 
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Tighten your nuts man.
That's the missus's job right .lol
 
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Mine has a rattle. Finally found out it was my brake lever vibrating up against my heat shield
 
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Old 08-21-2017, 02:39 PM
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2017 and we still use a hammer on our Harleys...some things never change.
 
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Bought the 2019 SGS and have this noise as well. Made first service but nothing changed. I thing the noise comes from the top of the engine. I have the video with the sound. Did you have the same?
 
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Originally Posted by PVharley
Bought the 2019 SGS and have this noise as well. Made first service but nothing changed. I thing the noise comes from the top of the engine. I have the video with the sound. Did you have the same?
I presume he got it figured out 2 years ago.
 
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