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thomasoconnor19 Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 147	Just lowered front fork, is clicking sound normal? 06/29/12 at 07:55:50 I just lowered my 03 Savage using the spacers from Ryca. I just put it all together and notice that there is a "clicking" sound coming from the top of the fork when it travels. Is this normal? I can't remember if it made these noises before it was lowered.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Just lowered front fork, is clicking sound nor Reply #1 - 06/29/12 at 07:57:22 Got everything tight on the tree? Head bearings sound & adjusted properly?
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Just lowered front fork, is clicking sound nor Reply #2 - 06/29/12 at 07:58:29 don't think so, check that you have the fork bottomed out in the tree. and everything is tight.
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thomasoconnor19 Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 147	Re: Just lowered front fork, is clicking sound nor Reply #3 - 06/29/12 at 08:10:34 i am pretty sure everything is tight and put back together correctly. everything was pretty straight forward. i hear the clicking noise right at the top of the fork.
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Just lowered front fork, is clicking sound nor Reply #4 - 06/29/12 at 08:38:13 I would guess that the preload is a little short.
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thomasoconnor19 Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 147	Re: Just lowered front fork, is clicking sound nor Reply #5 - 06/29/12 at 09:05:02 bill67 wrote on 06/29/12 at 08:38:13: I would guess that the preload is a little short. What do you mean by this? Is this something i can fix? Or just a result of lowering the forks?
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Just lowered front fork, is clicking sound nor Reply #6 - 06/29/12 at 09:17:43 thomasoconnor19 wrote on 06/29/12 at 09:05:02: bill67 wrote on 06/29/12 at 08:38:13: I would guess that the preload is a little short. What do you mean by this? Is this something i can fix? Or just a result of lowering the forks? Do you have to force the caps on? Or do they go on easy?
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Re: Just lowered front fork, is clicking sound nor
Reply #7 - 06/29/12 at 09:20:44

verslagen1 wrote on 06/29/12 at 09:17:43:

thomasoconnor19 wrote on 06/29/12 at 09:05:02:

bill67 wrote on 06/29/12 at 08:38:13:

I would guess that the preload is a little short.

What do you mean by this? Is this something i can fix? Or just a result of lowering the forks?

Do you have to force the caps on?
Or do they go on easy?

They were definitely tough to screw back on because of the spring trying to shoot them off...but I was able to do it by myself.

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Reply #8 - 06/29/12 at 09:26:48

thomasoconnor19 wrote on 06/29/12 at 09:20:44:

verslagen1 wrote on 06/29/12 at 09:17:43:

thomasoconnor19 wrote on 06/29/12 at 09:05:02:

bill67 wrote on 06/29/12 at 08:38:13:

I would guess that the preload is a little short.

What do you mean by this? Is this something i can fix? Or just a result of lowering the forks?

Do you have to force the caps on?
Or do they go on easy?

They were definitely tough to screw back on because of the spring trying to shoot them off...but I was able to do it by myself.

Good, you have preload then.

Might be your preload spacers aren't sitting flat and rocking.

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Reply #9 - 06/29/12 at 09:29:36

verslagen1 wrote on 06/29/12 at 09:26:48:

thomasoconnor19 wrote on 06/29/12 at 09:20:44:

verslagen1 wrote on 06/29/12 at 09:17:43:

thomasoconnor19 wrote on 06/29/12 at 09:05:02:

bill67 wrote on 06/29/12 at 08:38:13:

I would guess that the preload is a little short.

What do you mean by this? Is this something i can fix? Or just a result of lowering the forks?

Do you have to force the caps on?
Or do they go on easy?

They were definitely tough to screw back on because of the spring trying to shoot them off...but I was able to do it by myself.

Good, you have preload then.

Might be your preload spacers aren't sitting flat and rocking.

ok...well crap, looks like i will be taking the forks apart again. I thought i installed everything properly, didnt think i could mess this up!

i have no ridden the bike yet because I haven't finished some other stuff up yet.
Is there a chance that these just need to "break in" or something to get rid of the sound haha

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scubachef Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 140	Re: Just lowered front fork, is clicking sound nor Reply #10 - 06/29/12 at 09:54:36 I lowered my forks and there definitely was no clicking. Did you shorten the spacers or leave them stock length. Just a far out guess, if you shortened them might you have gone a few mm too short and they are able to move slightly?
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Reply #11 - 06/29/12 at 10:06:42

scubachef wrote on 06/29/12 at 09:54:36:

I lowered my forks and there definitely was no clicking. Did you shorten the spacers or leave them stock length. Just a far out guess, if you shortened them might you have gone a few mm too short and they are able to move slightly?

I didn't shorten the stock spacers (the ones at the top of the fork).......All I did was install the Ryca lowering spacers.
Crap...looks like i have to tear this thing apart again.

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Just lowered front fork, is clicking sound nor Reply #12 - 06/29/12 at 10:12:34 See if you can isolate the noise to one side,
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skeebo Senior Member Offline Ride It Like U Stole It........ Posts: 328 Fresno, Cali Gender:	Re: Just lowered front fork, is clicking sound nor Reply #13 - 06/29/12 at 10:34:19 I had a set do the same thing, try a few more cc's of fork oil....
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Reply #14 - 06/29/12 at 11:25:32

skeebo wrote on 06/29/12 at 10:34:19:

I had a set do the same thing, try a few more cc's of fork oil....

this could totally be my problem actually. i followed the ryca instructions to compress the fork when filling up the fork with oil. But depending on the angle that the fork was at when filling it up, this could have effected how much oil was inserted. I will try this.
I really dont think it is a problem caused by putting everything back together improperly.

i did spill some of the 32oz bottle i bought and i probably dont have enough to top off the forks. can i get by with just filling in the remaining amount with ATF?

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