I'm starting to notice my hardbags are talking ! They are squeaking up a storm at idle. Are the mounts and such just starting to vibrate apart and need tightening ? ....just the usual maintenance with blue locktite ???

 

Maybe when you were not looking, they got on the internet and logged onto hdforums and saw your avitar.
It scared the sh*t out them and they are trying to run away.

 

har hardee ****in' har...

 

Are you sure it's not the rubber on your muffler mounts? I siliconed mine and the squeak went away for a while. I have the new rubbers to put in, just haven't done it yet. I've heard it is a common problem.

 

I am not positively sure krazy3, but I will check it out.
Thank you for a straight up answer....

 

Just grab your muffler and see if it has any movement/play under the saddle bag. The chirping was driving me crazy until I figured out what it was. I had a new replacement rubber spacer but the fit was identical in size to what was already there. I couldn't tighten it enough to snug it up to the rubber spacer so I simply inserted a shim to fill the space. That was at least 15 - 20,000 miles ago. Haven't heard any chirping since.

 

i'll also bet its the rubber in the muffler/saddlebag support. just spray it with some lubricant and you should be good to go.

head

 

thanks to all....

 

New rubber mounts are only a few bucks each. Clean all the metal with alcohol before replacing. They last longer in an oil free environment.

 

I just spray that rubber piece under the bag with WD-40 when it starts squeaking. Last spray lasted me about a year, it is due for a spray about now.