Top end chatter
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Top end chatter
I have a '14 SG. I have been getting a light top end chatter at about 2000 RPM. Doesn't do it all the time. When I get in my garage to check it out it stops. (Imagine that)
Anyone have any ideas??
Anyone have any ideas??
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On early Twinkies it was often clatter from the valve rocker shafts. I put Rocker Lockers on my 01 RK and it quieted them down completely. My current bike, an 06 SG does not make any noise. Luck of the draw maybe.
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It very well could be something inside the heads, but just the same, hit that forward engine brace located on the Front cylinder with some WD-40 and see if it goes away... something to try anyway.
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Thanks. I'm going to look into this.
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That would be great if that's the fix. Gonna take the brace out and clean it up.
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My '15 Ultra has similar clacking. From what I read, JTM65 has nailed it; some do, some don't. I may try rocker lockers this winter.
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