Fork Noise on SG
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Fork Noise on SG
I got a noise comming from the front end, on decompression (When forks expand after compressing). It sounds sorta like a metal on metal tap, it is one tap. Dont happen all the time.
I had the dealer look for it, forks was fine, they pulled fairing and found zero, yet it is there and has been since first day...........
Anyone else heard this?
Any ideas where to look?
Should I shut up and just ride? LOL
sj
I had the dealer look for it, forks was fine, they pulled fairing and found zero, yet it is there and has been since first day...........
Anyone else heard this?
Any ideas where to look?
Should I shut up and just ride? LOL
sj
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RE: Fork Noise on SG
Mine make the same noise, started about two months ago, figured it's steering head adjustment, just haven't
gotten around to it... Had the faring off three times messing with the windshield, and just forgot..
Hope it is just an adjustment, and not another phantom noise that's "Just Normal"... Maybe a ISS is in the works (Isolated Steering System).. JK....
gotten around to it... Had the faring off three times messing with the windshield, and just forgot..
Hope it is just an adjustment, and not another phantom noise that's "Just Normal"... Maybe a ISS is in the works (Isolated Steering System).. JK....
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Well I called the dealer to point out the tip above, they said yep very common but it aint that, they checked.............so back to square one.
Well I called the dealer to point out the tip above, they said yep very common but it aint that, they checked.............so back to square one.
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RE: Fork Noise on SG
Mine does the same. It even looks like yours! I've got a double bump I hit every time I head west. I get a clank, clank. Not steering head, and the '05 Deluxe did it also. Obnoxious, but I don't think it's something to worry about.
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The softails use a different procedure than the touring models. If you re torque the softail to 75 Ft Lbs on the head nut, it will eliminate it where as the touring need an adjustment on the bearing preload and then torqued on the nut and recheck the fall away then.
Both models suffer from the head clunk but different approaches to the fix.
Both models suffer from the head clunk but different approaches to the fix.
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