New front predator and OEM rear motor mount, Problem.
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YEP but that does not mean the old owner changed maybe springs in the forks and could have screwed up on the oil level, just a thought.
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Oh yeah, all thoughts are welcome. This is bugging the hell out of me. I thought I had closed the case when I cinched down the adjuster nut but it slowly returned. I guess i can add another possible cause to the list.Thank you
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Another thing that comes to mind is try changing your shock settings and see if it still happens, start from softest to hardest, and then same with old lady on the ride, and also check the rubber protecting the frame on the footrest is in the correct position.
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I loosened the lower pinch bolts and tightened up my adj. nut and tightened pinch bolts back and took it off the lift. Went for a ride and its gone no more thump. For now, hope it don't come back.
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Well low and behold I went out for a good ride yesterday, got back and had a chiping noise on the bike that I had not before, so went over what did I do lately to the bike, yep I put another set of mufflers on, so I loosened the bolts that attach to all the brackets, retorqued everything and the singing canary chirp has gone, so if you get a chirp check all the bolts on the exhaust brackets.
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Squeaking could be coming actually from an exhaust leak, check your exhaust nuts are torqued correctly,and another thing to look at is the 3 torx screws that hold the exhaust header pipe, the bracket under the engine, on my ride they came loose, one fell out and got lost, and another dropped into the oil pan when I was doing an oil change, look at my thread below.
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/dyna-...l#post16459365
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/dyna-...l#post16459365
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Winner, winner, chicken dinner. I rode around town without wearing my ear plugs after doing 200 miles yesterday and the squeak was still there. I noticed that the squeak timing, pitch, and amplitude was the same as my exhaust notes though so I am betting that flange nut backed off and the stud broke off that the exhaust backed out of the port enough that the gasket no longer mates with the header and I have an air leak. Luckily new studs and gaskets are already on their way and I don't think it is the mount.
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