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Author Message   Mattmcc00 Posted on Thursday, April 22, 2010 - 02:09 pm:        Yesterday I had alittle fun in the mud yeah... she's a big bike. lol. Anyhow, after I got back on the road and had a little fun popping some clutch wheelies. Now I am getting a clunk sound from the front end during braking compression (slowing down) and during brake release after slowing down. Seems like it could be coming from the shocks. My warranty runs out sunday so I dropped by the dealer this morning. He said that it was my head bearings that needed to be adjusted or replaced? They opened up a work order dated for today to get it on warranty but they will only do the work on May 5th. What do you guys think?   Florida_lime Posted on Thursday, April 22, 2010 - 02:12 pm:        I agree that the steering head bearings probably need looking at.   Hemibee Posted on Thursday, April 22, 2010 - 04:03 pm:        I have to agree too, its the steering head bearings.   Tootal Posted on Thursday, April 22, 2010 - 10:43 pm:        Have them retorqued then test ride. If the click goes away your good. If not then replace the bearings.   Mnrider Posted on Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 11:32 am:        When I sit on my bike and hold the front brake and rock it back and forth there's a click. Got out the shop manual and adjusted the head bearings. Remove the H/B,the lower triple bolts and the upper pinch bolt.Removed the cap and put anti-sieze on it so it turns easy. torqued it to 38ft-lbs and reassembled. Wrapped some velcro around the front lever and move the front tire back and forth the brake disc moves in the mounts and clicks. I think that's normal-OK.   Brown_e Posted on Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 11:48 am:        Yes, I have the same movement with the brake discs   Frostymug Posted on Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 01:03 pm:        "move the front tire back and forth the brake disc moves in the mounts and clicks. I think that's normal-OK." Not normal. It’s probably the rotor drive bushings; they are worn and need to be replaced along with the rest of the hardware used to mount the rotor.   Tootal Posted on Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 03:47 pm:        +1 Frostymug, if the rotor is getting a running start at shearing the bolts then it's time to replace the bushings and hardware. The bushings are likely there to act like a shock absorber.   7873jake Posted on Sunday, April 25, 2010 - 05:01 pm:        Should there be any play in the rotor if I were to grab it and give it a wiggle or pull?   Mnrider Posted on Monday, April 26, 2010 - 11:16 am:        It's a floating rotor so there should be movement and my brake works great-no pulsing,so I don't want to mess with it. I bet new hardware would fix the click though.

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