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Symptoms of bushings on a-arms going bad
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I checked it that day. 28 up front and 30 I'm rear with falken car tires.
It also feels like spyder bounces side to side just slightly more than before at freeway speed.
Just my opinion but 28 for the front seems high, That might give you a little bounce.
I used to run 18/19 front, [GS 08]
Bounce was not a good choice of words.
It's more of side to side slide at high speed only. Just wiggles around in the lane and seems like I have work a little more to keep it straight.
Remember I have falken 512 that requires a lot more psi than kenda.
I've been running 26-28 psi all this time but this slight slide side to side just started.
It looks like $500 just for parts if I replace all ball joints, cirlok, bushing and cushions, parts numbered 6,7,8,9 on microfiche.
I guess bushing and cushions will need to be pulled out to check but what would a bad bushing would look like? Crushed or broken?
Would a bad ball joints have obvious physical flaw?
Thank you much.
I guess bushing and cushions will need to be pulled out to check but what would a bad bushing would look like? Crushed or broken?
Would a bad ball joints have obvious physical flaw?
Thank you much.
NancysToy
Motorbike Professor
Bad parts have play in them when the wheels or a-arms are moved, shaken, or wiggled. All except the shock bushings are usually checked with the machine jacked up, but the wheels still attached to provide a bit more mass when you move things. If you have a shop manual, it will tell you how to check each component...except maybe the shock bushings. To check those have someone bounce the Spyder up and down while looking for play at the bushings...or shake the shock up and down by hand, looking for movement at teh bushing(s).
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