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Thread: Clicking Sound From Right Front Fork Tube?

Created on: 03/18/12 03:06 PM

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danfzx14


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Clicking Sound From Right Front Fork Tube?
03/18/12 3:06 PM

While riding or if you push the front end up and down when stopped there is a click on the way down and then another one on the way back up again. This is happening near the top of the travel. I only have to move the fork up & down maybe 1/2 inch and definitely less than an inch to hear it. The clicking noise sounds like its coming from inside the right front fork tube. We've check everything: stem head bearings, caliper bolts, brake pads & related hardware, axle bolts & pinch bolts, fender screws, basically everything on or attached to the front portion of the bike. This winter I had the forks serviced at GMD Computrack and also had the compression circuit softened up. This was my first ride of the season today & I cut it short because of this clicking noise. Has anyone got any ideas please? I'm going to call Peter at GMD when he opens on Monday. I really don't want to have to pull the front end back off.


* Last updated by: danfzx14 on 3/18/2012 @ 3:10 PM *



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RE: Clicking Sound From Right Front Fork Tube?
03/19/12 3:23 PM

Make sure you aren't hearing the front rotors clicking against their stops. i think we have semi floating rotors, no?

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RE: Clicking Sound From Right Front Fork Tube?
03/19/12 6:21 PM

Mad & Hub. Thanks very much for the responses. Today I explained to Peter at GMD Computrack what I was hearing and he told me the clicking is the spring moving around possibly against the spacer. He said where it wasn’t doing right away when I went out for a ride that it may work itself out. If it does not I will take a trip down there and he will take care of it for me. So I will give it some time. I did check the things you mentioned and all is good. Thanks again!



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Alien



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RE: Clicking Sound From Right Front Fork Tube?
03/25/12 11:54 AM

I have the same prOblem; it's very disconcerting.

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RE: Clicking Sound From Right Front Fork Tube?
07/15/12 9:01 AM

mine does that also and is driving me nuts.



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