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Message started by Kix on 02/10/08 at 17:25:06

Title: Ain't Skeered
Post by Kix on 02/10/08 at 17:25:06

Thanks to all the help and advice from the guys on here I just finished re-jetting the carb. on a '98 Savage I recently bought. I also "thinned out" the white washer. :) LANCER sent the new jets. And Greg's CD is lots of help. ;)
I also raised the front of the seat and thanks to 2 or 3 posts about how to accomplish that. :o
Then the rattle in the headlight got fixed too. And whoever posted that fix ......... thanks! ::)
Before I found this forum I was a little skeptical about trying to fix something as complicated as the carb. Now, I AIN'T SKEERED! ;D
Thanks KIX

Title: Re: Ain't Skeered
Post by thumperclone on 02/11/08 at 07:15:12

kinda fun too!!

Title: Re: Ain't Skeered
Post by Savage_Greg on 02/11/08 at 13:39:39

You fixed the rattle in the headlight? You mean that I have a new rattle to fix?

:P

Title: Re: Ain't Skeered
Post by Kix on 02/11/08 at 14:20:23

Well, I thought I fixed the headlight rattle. That is until I rode today and realize all I did was sorta silenced it but not totally. :-/
Guess i need to disassemble it again and see what's next. :-?

Title: Re: Ain't Skeered
Post by Rockin_John on 02/11/08 at 14:50:55

5173621A0 wrote:

Well, I thought I fixed the headlight rattle. That is until I rode today and realize all I did was sorta silenced it but not totally. :-/
Guess i need to disassemble it again and see what's next. :-?

What's next is to get rid of that stock plastic piece-o-junk headlight shell, and get something made from metal. There are reasonable alternatives. I think the long-necked light on my 99 cost me about $60 total.

Picture mid-swap:

http://catoosatrading.com/images/cycles/headlight_swap.jpg

Title: Re: Ain't Skeered
Post by Savage_Greg on 02/11/08 at 18:11:26

4A6879010 wrote:

Well, I thought I fixed the headlight rattle. That is until I rode today and realize all I did was sorta silenced it but not totally. :-/
Guess i need to disassemble it again and see what's next. :-?

Okay. So let's try it this way :P

You said you fixed the headlight rattle, but it looks like maybe you didn't. So, maybe it wasn't the headlight. Plus, I hadn't heard of a headlight rattle anyway.

What about the famous "speedo rattle" that just about everyone deals with? Could it be the speedo?

Title: Re: Ain't Skeered
Post by sluggo on 02/11/08 at 18:25:03

665344467E171411210 wrote:

[You said you fixed the headlight rattle, but it looks like maybe you didn't. So, maybe it wasn't the headlight. Plus, I hadn't heard of a headlight rattle anyway.

What about the famous "speedo rattle" that just about everyone deals with? Could it be the speedo?

my speedo doesn't rattle, now the speedometer, that does have a rattle

Title: Re: Ain't Skeered
Post by Kix on 02/11/08 at 18:57:26

Actually when it's rattliing (vibrating) I can reach around the windscreen and put pressure on the headlight with my fingers and quiet the rattle. So, I know it's the headlight at least this time. I read something on this site maybe in the Tech section that mentioned something about vinyl tape around the headlight inside the bucket. When i took mine apart I could see where it had been rubbing near the tob of the headlight so that's where I taped. It was getting late and I assumed that was the extent of the problem. Apparently I was darn near right. :-/ It'll give me something to do whenever I finish doing whatever I'm supposed to be doing. ::)

Title: Re: Ain't Skeered
Post by Savage_Greg on 02/11/08 at 22:39:07

29362F3D3D355A0 wrote:

[quote author=665344467E171411210 link=1202693107/0#5 date=1202782286][You said you fixed the headlight rattle, but it looks like maybe you didn't. So, maybe it wasn't the headlight. Plus, I hadn't heard of a headlight rattle anyway.

What about the famous "speedo rattle" that just about everyone deals with? Could it be the speedo?

my speedo doesn't rattle, now the speedometer, that does have a rattle[/quote]
Pardon me. I forgot that you guys out east like to use big words. My bad....
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Title: Re: Ain't Skeered
Post by Savage_Greg on 02/11/08 at 22:42:13

6745542C0 wrote:

Gotta have a mission http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b277/gmdinusa/action-smiley-082.gif

Title: Re: Ain't Skeered
Post by T Mack 1 on 02/12/08 at 12:16:32

Tech Section "Headlight Rattle"

http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1186192038

NOTE TO ROB/Sluggo/VROOM1776 : The index link for this doesn't work.

Title: Re: Ain't Skeered
Post by Savage_Greg on 02/13/08 at 08:20:26

Okay...so I missed that one. Oops.

However, I don't believe the case of a headlight rattle is very common, and it begs the question, "why?" Neither of our 2 Savages ever had this issue...

Not sure that every problem actually qualifies as a "trait" like the speedometer (sluggo) rattle does.

Title: Re: Ain't Skeered
Post by T Mack 1 on 02/13/08 at 10:21:23

162334360E676461510 wrote:

Okay...so I missed that one. Oops.

However, I don't believe the case of a headlight rattle is very common, and it begs the question, "why?" Neither of our 2 Savages ever had this issue...

Maybe not so much "missed" .... maybe more of a "haven't had to deal with it yet".

Mine rattles now, and this is the first bike I've owned that the HL ever rattled.

Being the inquisitive person I am, I popped the headlight out to see what was in there and to inspect it. I've noticed the rattle ever since then. (one of those Homer Simpson moments). I can see someone having the same issue if they replaced their bulb.

The fix is one of my "To-Do" things.

Title: Re: Ain't Skeered
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 02/13/08 at 23:22:21

3F20392B2B234C0 wrote:

my speedo doesn't rattle, now the speedometer, that does have a rattle[/quote]

Maybe not walking slow, but what about when you are jogging? Wait, no one jogs in a swimsuit.. Guess the speedo no rattle..