09 front end wobble continues... any idea why?
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Road Warrior
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09 front end wobble continues... any idea why?
I have an 09 Ultra, had the front tire replace due to cupping after 10k miles. Since having the tire replaced I have had to replace the front bearings twice, once at about 14k miles (the bearings were falling out) and again at 19k miles. I have noticed I still have a front end wobble. The bike has 22k miles on it now.
Question, could this be from the original tire being bad damaging the rim or axle? Would this cause my bearings to fail?
Thanks for the help.
Question, could this be from the original tire being bad damaging the rim or axle? Would this cause my bearings to fail?
Thanks for the help.
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I doubt if a bad tire would damage the wheel or the axle, but it could put extra stress on the bearings and lead to premature bearing failure.
If you still have front end wobbles there are several things you can check. Maybe the new tire is bad, steering head bearings and adjustment, tire balance, wheel runout (maybe it has been out all along), wheel alignment, etc.
Good luck.
If you still have front end wobbles there are several things you can check. Maybe the new tire is bad, steering head bearings and adjustment, tire balance, wheel runout (maybe it has been out all along), wheel alignment, etc.
Good luck.
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Get rid of the Dunlops and go with Fullbore USA. I did this and static balanced them myself and it was the best ride bar none. I have no use for a spin balancer. I would always static balance the tires on the TZ750 Yamaha road racer and it stayed true at 180mph. Static / dynamic spin balancing is a sham in my opinion. Raise the front fork oil level an inch or so, it could be squatting down too much maybe. Too stiff a rear end could cause this also along with steering head bearing adjustment.
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My 09 FLHTCU was suffering a low speed decel wobble and I mentioned it to the dealer on my 1,000 mile service ... I got a bunch of "blah, blah, blah" about "this and that" ... but nothing that they would/could do about it ... I believe they said "No problem found" on the repair ticket Several weeks later I got the front tire replaced under the "tire campaign". At that time they "miraculously" assured me that there would no longer be a wobble .... ya right! After going and pi$$ing a bitch on a Saturday morning with the dealership full of "potential" customers they ( the dealer ) offered to check and adjust the neck bearings ( gee ... shouldn't that have been done on the 1,000 mile service? ) .... they did a "steering drop test" ?? and guess what ... bingo! No more wobble .... Amazing! I wonder what else they didn't do while it was in for the original service ????