mcmlcccvrs
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I took my bike out for a quick first ride of the season today and noticed the front end wanders-left, right, left, right. I can best describe the movement as twitching. It's as if I was very slightly pushing the handlebars one way and then the other. It didn't do it really at highway speeds but rather when I dropped down to something like 45mph and below, even really slow speeds like coming to a stop. It wasn't predictable and seemed to get better, then worse, then back again. It was kind of scary at times as it seemed to change. It was is if the front tire was pulling the bike one way and then the other. There is no vibration associated with the front end wandering. I don't know how to explain it any better than this.
Winter work on the front end included Race Tech cartridge emulators and springs and upper and lower steering head bearings and races. I bought the tool from CycleWorks to do the latter. As it didn't do this last year then it is clearly as a result of something I have touched. I have just checked that all the front end bits are torqued and they are. The front wheel is not the wrong way around (tire rotation is correct).
When I reinstalled the front forks after the emulators were installed, they were set at the correct length in the fork bridge and the front axle slid in easily all the way. I've blocked the bike up and moved the front forks fully left to right several times and it feels the same transitioning left to right and back again-neither tight nor loose. I've pulled on the front forks just behind the wheel and I can't find any looseness.
Where should I look, guys, before diving in too far? What would cause this freaky front end movement?
Thanks,
Tom
Winter work on the front end included Race Tech cartridge emulators and springs and upper and lower steering head bearings and races. I bought the tool from CycleWorks to do the latter. As it didn't do this last year then it is clearly as a result of something I have touched. I have just checked that all the front end bits are torqued and they are. The front wheel is not the wrong way around (tire rotation is correct).
When I reinstalled the front forks after the emulators were installed, they were set at the correct length in the fork bridge and the front axle slid in easily all the way. I've blocked the bike up and moved the front forks fully left to right several times and it feels the same transitioning left to right and back again-neither tight nor loose. I've pulled on the front forks just behind the wheel and I can't find any looseness.
Where should I look, guys, before diving in too far? What would cause this freaky front end movement?
Thanks,
Tom