Road King Suspension Knock
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Road King Suspension Knock
I've noticed my 02 Road King was making a clonk when backing out of the garage, it can be reproduced by bouncing the rear of the bike up and down. Sounds like its coming from the shock assemblies (both sides), almost like the piston is knocking or the bushes have worn?
Any suggestions? Video of said noise is here
Any suggestions? Video of said noise is here
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sounds like a cyclic hiss from an air leak... I'd suggest putting a Schrader valve on each shock... pump it up to your standard comfort psi and see if it still does that.
I would have inverted each shock and mount on the bike after having removed the schrader internals, attach a hose to a catch can, using your own strength - raise and lower the bike and dump out what fluid you do have and replace the fluid...
insert the schrader internals... pump up to your psi and see if you still get that knock
I would have inverted each shock and mount on the bike after having removed the schrader internals, attach a hose to a catch can, using your own strength - raise and lower the bike and dump out what fluid you do have and replace the fluid...
insert the schrader internals... pump up to your psi and see if you still get that knock
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Just been having a fiddle in the garage. Seems that the noise is from the right shock, you can feel it when pushing the shock up and down off the bike, doesn't feel like play though, they require all my weight to get them to compress a bit. The shaft looked like it has some oil on it, so I wiped, pushed the shock up and down a bit more and it appeared to be back.
Thinking it may have a seal leak? But they were still on 10psi which I set back on Friday?
Thinking it may have a seal leak? But they were still on 10psi which I set back on Friday?
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Are you the original from the factory owner ?
Are those the original factory shocks ?
2002 Road King...how many miles or kilometers?
The boots (rubber part) on those shocks do not look factory to me...they looked like lowered shocks.
It sounds like something is loose in those shocks.
http://xlforum.net/vbportal/forums/s....php?t=1356875
Are those the original factory shocks ?
2002 Road King...how many miles or kilometers?
The boots (rubber part) on those shocks do not look factory to me...they looked like lowered shocks.
It sounds like something is loose in those shocks.
http://xlforum.net/vbportal/forums/s....php?t=1356875