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SavageMan99 Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 391	Front end issues 07/25/19 at 19:44:53 I'll try to describe it as best I can. Loud sqwauk noise on bumps. Wheel locks up on hard turn to right. It doesn't track well. Any ideas? Plus my forks are very stiff, will less oil help?
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28772 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Front end issues Reply #1 - 07/25/19 at 20:02:07 check your wheel bearings. check the oil level in the forks. drop the top tube into the slider all the way. oil level should be about an inch below the top.
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Fast 650 Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 394 Valrico, FL Gender:	Re: Front end issues Reply #2 - 07/25/19 at 23:20:02 Are the front axle spacers installed in the correct sides? They are slightly different lengths and will offset the wheel creating symptoms like what you described if you get them reversed.
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Re: Front end issues
Reply #3 - 07/26/19 at 05:30:39

Have you done any resent work to the front end? If you have I think Fast 650's thought to be the most likely cause , when turning right it could cause the wheel and brake disc to contact the brake pad. The noise is caused by the forks being slightly misaligned , for the same reason ,as the forks try to compress the situation becomes worse.

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SavageMan99 Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 391	Re: Front end issues Reply #4 - 07/26/19 at 07:47:42 Yes, I rebuilt the forks. I might as well put bearings in as well then. Which side gets what spacer?
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SavageMan99 Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 391	Re: Front end issues Reply #5 - 07/26/19 at 07:50:41 What do you mean by drop the slider all the way? Can I do it without pulling the forks out?
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28772 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Front end issues Reply #6 - 07/26/19 at 08:15:26 SavageMan99 wrote on 07/26/19 at 07:47:42: Yes, I rebuilt the forks. I might as well put bearings in as well then. Which side gets what spacer? There's one with a machined flange, that goes on the disc side.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28772 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Front end issues Reply #7 - 07/26/19 at 08:16:21 SavageMan99 wrote on 07/26/19 at 07:50:41: What do you mean by drop the slider all the way? Can I do it without pulling the forks out? Take it out of the tree. nope.
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ohiomoto Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2693 WTF is JOG?	Re: Front end issues Reply #8 - 07/26/19 at 08:41:27 Fast 650 wrote on 07/25/19 at 23:20:02: Are the front axle spacers installed in the correct sides? They are slightly different lengths and will offset the wheel creating symptoms like what you described if you get them reversed. ---------------------- Yep, I did that and I got the exact noise as described.
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ohiomoto Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2693 WTF is JOG?	Re: Front end issues Reply #9 - 07/26/19 at 08:43:17 SavageMan99 wrote on 07/26/19 at 07:47:42: Yes, I rebuilt the forks. I might as well put bearings in as well then. Which side gets what spacer? ---------------------- There are only two spacers and so they probably belong on the opposite side as you have them now. You know what I mean?
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Re: Front end issues
Reply #10 - 07/26/19 at 08:45:23

verslagen1 wrote on 07/26/19 at 08:15:26:

SavageMan99 wrote on 07/26/19 at 07:47:42:

Yes, I rebuilt the forks.
I might as well put bearings in as well then.
Which side gets what spacer?

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There's one with a machined flange, that goes on the disc side.

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That make's it easy. Think of the flange as the disc and the disc goes on the disc side.

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batman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3806 osceola new york Gender:	Re: Front end issues Reply #11 - 07/26/19 at 15:38:51 If you rebuilt the forks ,didn't you use new fork oil and measure the amount in each? how could that be the problem?
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