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Fork Spring Noise

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ktmdude:
When I had my forks re valved, and re sprung on my 300, they made noise when pushing the bike. (Bike moving, motor off) Turned out the Race Tech springs are a smidge smaller than the stock ktm ones, so they rattle around a bit. Not sure that's your problem, but it's was my experience.

Polar-Bus:

--- Quote from: dmazz71 on March 16, 2011, 11:21:54 AM ---Hi All,

I have an 03 500 and noticed some sort of spring noise that seems to be coming from the right fork.  When I hold the brake and slowly pushed down on the handlebars, I hear a little click when the fork compresses.  I don't hear anything on the left side, so I'm assuming that something is going on.

Could this be a sign that the fork oil is low?  The bike did sit for a while, but I can't see any signs of an oil leak.  The area around the seals are relatively clean.

Thanks
Dan

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Also make sure you are not hearing the floating front brake rotor clanking while you have the brake applied. I have the same clunk, and it's my brake rotor. When I first felt and heard this noise, I thought I had a bad fork bushing, or my triple tree preload was loose

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