vibes
#1
vibes
was out yesterday and notice when i turned the handlebars to the left i was getting some vibes thought eh bars, none when turning tp the right. this is going about 30 to 40 after that the vibes seem to go away or at least you can't feel it anymore. i'm thinking left front wheel bearing may be going bad. i'm going to get it up on my lift and check it out later. anyone else get this in the trike ? thanks!
#3
My 13 had some odd vibration at lower speed on left turn only. I thought I had a bearing but when I lifted and spun the wheel it was good. I found my steering damper was loose at the center mounting. The damper shock would flop up and down. I placed a spacer (NYLON) and put back together. I also checked my fall away and tightened the triple tree. All is good now,
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#5
I stopped in to the dealer, looked at a new one because I was wondering the same thing. The damper is snug no more than a 1/8" movement up and down on new ones. So made mine same tightness, but it took a nylon washer to do so.
#6
this is how mine is too, about an 1/8 to 1/16 play in the bracket. i putting my money on a bad wheel bearing.
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#8
i just snugged these up a couple of weeks ago.
#9
I would check them every so often every 5 hundred miles or so and always one or both would be lose! ' Once i waited too long and one of the bolts loosen and the tie bracket acted like a guillotine and sheared it off flush with the head..OUCH!...I got it out street mechanic style.. With a sharp punch and tapping counter clockwise with a hammer, Spun it right out..
I then replaced both of them with a fully threaded #8- 9-16 bolt from my local hardware store. And a little Permatex high strength red..8 thousand+ miles now and there still tight.. I'm thinking the full treads solved the problem, Because with the stock bolts and the Permatex, They would not stay tight ..
I then replaced both of them with a fully threaded #8- 9-16 bolt from my local hardware store. And a little Permatex high strength red..8 thousand+ miles now and there still tight.. I'm thinking the full treads solved the problem, Because with the stock bolts and the Permatex, They would not stay tight ..
#10
just went over the bike and the front wheel bearings seem fine as does the steering head adjustment i wonder if the brakes could be doing this ? it's only when turning the bike to the right when going maybe 35 to 45 mph. i thinkit's still there going faster it's just a faster higher vibe. i don't know maybe these trikes are just like this ?