Weaving/Wandering steering at low speeds

Discussion in '5th Generation 1998-2001' started by merc3065, May 22, 2011.

  1. merc3065

    merc3065 New Member

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    Had a pretty major repair job done 2 weeks ago and Im not quite sure what's up with the steering. Last year I drove into a curb sideways at around 30-40kph and bent the front wheel and probably a bunch of other stuff.

    List of things done during the repair:
    New front wheel assy (bearings, rim etc)
    New tires (Michelin Pilot Road 3)
    Forks drained and refilled, set supposedly to handle my weight and my givi set of 250lbs.
    Rear suspension set for 250lbs
    New head bearings
    Installation of Helibars
    Heated grips
    Coolant change
    Clutch/Brake system flushed/bled
    New EBR brake discs and pads on the front.

    Good things that came of this:
    Clutch doesn't feel sticky anymore.
    Brakes no longer pulse and are nice and firm
    I like the michelins, they provide some great traction on the roads I travel to and from work, even in the rain.

    Since the repairs were done, it feels like the bike wanders left to right while driving low speed through town. There is no had shake at high speeds, even while going down a hill and slowing. Steering feels solid.
    I've locked my arms and watched the triple tree and it's moving ever so slightly left/right. It's getting annoying as it makes low speed maneuvers feel weird.

    Has anyone encountered this before or should I just take it back to the shop and report that it wanders left/right and let them diagnose? The first repair bill was $2250 including all the parts I provided...15 hours of labour was crazy...

    Ideas?
     


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    crustyrider New Member

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    yeah, take it back and tell them it feels weird and describe what it is doing..... tell the bikes not right....
     


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    Weaving left-to-right in an s-shaped way is a classic symptom of headset bearings set too tight.

    A good shop would have test-ridden your bike b4 it left the shop and discovered and corrected the problem.
     


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    I'll bring it back to em on Tuesday to see what they can do for me.

    I agree, that it should have been test ridden and the weaving picked up on, but since they are located on the highway and my initial complaint was head shake, they probably just took it up to highway speed, turned around and came back saying head shake is all gone.
     


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