Front Wheel Wobble

[Beast]

Heyup peeps.

Having a few issues with the front steering.

Replaced the headstock bearings with Honda OEM, steering was fine but didnt matter how tight they would still clonk/knock when i hit bumps in the road.

So like on my old VTR i decided to go the tappered bearing route again.
But the problems started...
At higher speeds lets say the beginning of three figures on a priavet road ;)
The front wheel starts to wobble, any quicker it becomes violent and the feeling of loosing control.

So i thought either too loose or too tight.
First of all i tightened up the bearings, but on the first test ride whatever speed the bike statrted to sway side to side on the front.
Backed off a couple of times but back to square one with the violent wobble.
(They have now been torqued to the correct setting)

Front tyre has been replaced and wheel balanced, new wheel bearings etc but still remains the same.
Have even fitted another set of tappered bearings but to no avail.
Forks have been double/triple checked for alignment.

Been told that it could be the fork bushes, but they looked fine on a fork seal change a few months ago and acted fine afterwards.

Any ideas chaps?

[Stratman]

Sticking caliper?

[Phil-VTwin]

it could be the clonking and knocking has damaged the bearing seats and therefore the tapered ones are not sitting right?

[steve.g]

I would also check the runout on the wheel.Check it with a good dial gauge and make sure its within tolerance.I think runout should be no more than 5 thou. While your at it check the tyre for runout as well.I have seen a mis-shaped tyre before on a mates Triumph,then work your way up the bike and check EVERYTHING.

[sirch345]

Good advice so far IMHO.

Also check that both wheels are inline, you can't always rely on the markings on the swingarm. While you're doing that check the swingarm and rear wheel bearings too.

Chris.

[gilson]

http://superhawkforum.com/forums/showth ... ight=wheel

might be relevant?

[Beast]

Many thanks for all the replies chaps, nearly forgot about this thread!

gilson, the link was useful and it looks to be one fork bush causing the problem.

Cheers all.

[gilson]

Sweet! Glad to help, I don't even know what the fork bush is but thought it sounded similar. Good luck

[goody]

So it's definately cured then?