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Jun 10, 2015 | 10:46 AM

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Ramboamt

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Not sure if the Nightrain has spoke wheels but you might want to look at the spoke torque, there have been several threads on the loose spoke issue.

Jun 10, 2015 | 10:49 AM

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Wrenchy

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I have solid wheels on mine. The factory one in the rear and a fatboy front wheel

Jun 10, 2015 | 10:56 AM

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Ramboamt

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Originally Posted by Wrenchy

I have solid wheels on mine. The factory one in the rear and a fatboy front wheel

OK, hmmm, maybe check the front forks for play, side to side and front to back. Triple tree has proper torque and alignment.

Jun 10, 2015 | 07:17 PM

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chrome-dome-dave

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Check the "fall-away" and when you replaced the bearings in the neck did you replace the races? my buddies train had an similar issue, he replaced the bearing and still had the issue. Then we pulled it apart and the race had a little nipple in it, replaced the race and problem solved.

Jun 11, 2015 | 10:19 PM

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Wrenchy

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Was a combination of fall away, and not enough grease in the neck. Got it sorted out.

Jun 12, 2015 | 12:38 PM

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Alain

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Aaaahh. Great news dude. Glad you got it squared away.

Jun 15, 2015 | 12:05 PM

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Echo6 Sierra

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Wrenchy

Was a combination of fall away, and not enough grease in the neck. Got it sorted out.

Glad you got it fixed; do you recall what the steering stem nut was torqued to? The service manual says 35 ft lbs but in searching around on here there was a revision that upped the spec to 100 ft lbs. I set mine to 75 to be on the safe side.