Vibration mystery...Solved! (?)
Reminds me of this little proverb:
For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
For want of a nail the shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe the horse was lost.
For want of a horse the rider was lost.
For want of a rider the battle was lost.
For want of a battle the kingdom was lost.
And all for the want of a horseshoe nail.
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Cruiser
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LOL! Maybe! I still haven't found the screw on the floor anywhere. I hope the only "rattle" I hear now will be the jingle of my little "Gremlin Bell" (of course that would be for a different thread)
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Cruiser
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Quick update:
I tore down the front of the bike again (even took the crash bars off).
Removed and replaced the motor mount bolts and nuts with all grade 8 hardware. Changed the oil and cleaned out the fins on the oil cooler with engine cleaner and water (plus a generous amount of high pressure compressed air). I had to remove the oil filter to get a torque wrench on one of the mounting bolts, and there was almost 3000 miles on the oil so it seemed like a good idea.
Put everything back together using red Locktite and my newly aquired Sears torque wrench. Torqued every connector to spec as listed in my repair manual.
With a little luck, nothing up there will be comming loose anytime soon, plus I'm hoping that cleaning the oil cleaner will make the bike run a little cooler....and maybe help solve my problem with finding neutral when the bike has run for a while.
Ride safe, all! And have a great week!
I tore down the front of the bike again (even took the crash bars off).
Removed and replaced the motor mount bolts and nuts with all grade 8 hardware. Changed the oil and cleaned out the fins on the oil cooler with engine cleaner and water (plus a generous amount of high pressure compressed air). I had to remove the oil filter to get a torque wrench on one of the mounting bolts, and there was almost 3000 miles on the oil so it seemed like a good idea.
Put everything back together using red Locktite and my newly aquired Sears torque wrench. Torqued every connector to spec as listed in my repair manual.
With a little luck, nothing up there will be comming loose anytime soon, plus I'm hoping that cleaning the oil cleaner will make the bike run a little cooler....and maybe help solve my problem with finding neutral when the bike has run for a while.
Ride safe, all! And have a great week!
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Good for you.......very thorough and you can feel confident that it is sound.
You said red loctite, not blue. Did the manual call out for the super-duty red for those bolts? Wherever you have the red the bolts would shear before backing off guaranteed.
You said red loctite, not blue. Did the manual call out for the super-duty red for those bolts? Wherever you have the red the bolts would shear before backing off guaranteed.
