vibration question

[davytelford]

not me but a friend has just bought a triumph 955i

he gets a vibration from the rear wheel over 60mph

wheel nuts are tight thats what i fought it was any ideas cheers davy

[wrighty]

A tight chain can cause vibration problems and i do believe triumph did a recall for the rear wheel bearing at one point. Could be worth checking.

[jawathemutt]

worn swinging arm bearings ,tyre not on the rim evenly,balance weight dropped off, tyre pressure( i had a vfr thaat used to ossicilate when the tyre pressure dropped a few psi )flat spot on the tread, wheels not in line basiclly cheack all the bits that go round or up and down ,its a bit vague i know but difficult to diagnose with out getting all touchy feely

[gixxer]

triumphs do suffer from bearing problems ,, the hubs aint that good ,, my old triple used to knock out the front wheel bearings now n again ,,has he had it re-balanced ,, ? can cause vibration ,especialy if its a knock on weight and its shifted ,, worth a try even just to rule it out ,,

[davytelford]

thanks for the help he did say that it had a service recently

well have i look tomorrow see whats what

[davytelford]

hi guys turns out it was a wheel bearing even tho it was changed 500 miles ago

[wrighty]

May 9, 2011 21:12:13 GMT wrighty said:

i do believe triumph did a recall for the rear wheel bearing at one point. Could be worth checking.

whoop whoop brownie points for me.........

[davytelford]

well done you we didn't realize the triumph sport bikes were that bad

[gixxer]

you aint having all those brownie points ,,lol ,,
i did say bearings, my old speedtriple used to be prone for it ,, the wheels and hubs were realy soft , used to knock out wheel bearings all the time ,especialy when give it a good hammering

[davytelford]

lets just say its found itself back on the classifieds lol