Forks Slight knock

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Forks Slight knock

Post by samace » Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:15 pm

I have notice when i hit a bump there is a slight knock. I believe its coming from one of my forks. If I push up and down the is a light knock only a start and end of travel any ideas ? Or is something else loose ?

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Re: Forks Slight knock

Post by Drunkn Munky » Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:17 pm

Mudguard brackets ;)

Take em off and put some electrical tape round the fork or get new ones

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Re: Forks Slight knock

Post by samace » Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:18 pm

No I have new ones on there and have checked that already

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Re: Forks Slight knock

Post by Drunkn Munky » Tue Feb 08, 2011 9:23 pm

Either head race bearings or fork internals if you've ruled out the brackets, possibly the bushes

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Re: Forks Slight knock

Post by amorti » Wed Feb 09, 2011 9:00 am

Drunkn Munky wrote:Either head race bearings or fork internals if you've ruled out the brackets, possibly the bushes
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I changed the bushes on my CB-1's original forks, surprising how much freeplay worn bushes can introduce to the equation.

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Re: Forks Slight knock

Post by samace » Wed Feb 09, 2011 12:13 pm

i have new bushes as I was going to refit my old forks. but bought some ones all done !!

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Re: Forks Slight knock

Post by Drunkn Munky » Wed Feb 09, 2011 12:23 pm

When you say brought some all done, what exactly has been done to them?

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Re: Forks Slight knock

Post by samace » Wed Feb 09, 2011 4:11 pm

Drunkn Munky wrote:When you say brought some all done, what exactly has been done to them?
They were all refreshed last year or may be year before and used for track racing. I bought them off a member :rocks:

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Re: Forks Slight knock

Post by amorti » Thu Feb 10, 2011 9:08 am

samace wrote:
Drunkn Munky wrote:When you say brought some all done, what exactly has been done to them?
They were all refreshed last year or may be year before and used for track racing. I bought them off a member :rocks:
Most riders/owners will consider oil and seals as a refresh, a lot don't bother with bushes. To be honest they don't very often need doing, so it's fair enough.

Worth you checking *exactly* what was or was not done.

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