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TomHead79
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:43 pm    Post subject: Wierd vibration Reply with quote
During the trip southeast I noticed a real strange vibration on occasion. When I was cruising at 60 and left off the throttle just a little I could feel it, but then at higher speeds it didn't seem to be a problem. Didn't know if it was typical shovel engineered vibration or something worse. Got the rear wheel off getting the tire replaced so I thought I would look around a bit. Front mount bolt was slightly loose, but that upper mounting bolt was spinning freely. Pulled the tanks off and used a new nyloc nut, lock washer and RED loctite on it this time, as well as the mounting nuts from that bracket to the left side heads. Hopefully I'll be back on the road and will test it out, but I think this one is fixed.
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Jack Hester
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I'm satisfied that you found the problem. If the top mount is loose, there will be no predicting the RPM ranges that the vibrations will occur.

Jack
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TomHead79
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 3:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Jack Hester wrote:
I'm satisfied that you found the problem. If the top mount is loose, there will be no predicting the RPM ranges that the vibrations will occur.

Jack


Thanks Jack, I appreciate your expertise and knowledge. I knew something wasn't right and I'm glad I didn't let it go. Got the new tire back on tonight and will take it for a spin tomorrow.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 6:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Tom,

Did that fix it?
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TomHead79
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 5:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
DB Smith wrote:
Tom,

Did that fix it?


Yes, it sure did. Hopefully it will never come loose!
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