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Jdubb
Posted on Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - 09:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
I have a new XB9R and with 300 miles I get a ticking sound at wheel speed from the front brake when warm. I checked the torque on the rotor screws but they were fine. Any ideas?
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Eurotwins
Posted on Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - 10:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
My XB12R did the same at low speed for the first 400 miles and then went away....John
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Stou
Posted on Wednesday, April 13, 2005 - 10:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
I have the same thing on my XB9SX with 200 miles. Didn't found nothing yet. When I'll get a chance, I'll stop to the dealer to see if they can find something.
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Tpoppa
Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 03:31 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
If it is a ticking under front braking at slow to medium speed (under 30mph). The steering head bearing needs to be re-torqued per the manual. This is fairly common on XB's.
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Gusmyster
Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 08:14 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
My wife's 9 was the same way. The dealer took it apart and found nothing wrong. They said if I didn't go away at the 1000 mile service they would replace the front end, or maybe just the wheel •••'y. She has 1200 miles and the sound is gone.
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Stou
Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 03:22 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
I have checked my front brake again and even if the bolts that old the disc are tight, I can move the disc a little bit with my hand. Is it normal??? is the front disk is rubber mounted???
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Wyckedflesh
Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 03:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Its a free floating rotor, by being free floating it helps to keep the rotor from warping when it heats up. If you are hearing the ticking without brake use but just cruising, then its the pads slightly brushing the rotor and moving against the caliper. That can go away as the pads bed in better with mileage and use.
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Stou
Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 03:43 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
I hear it only when I brake.

Thanks for the info about the disc!
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Wyckedflesh
Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 03:45 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
Again what your hearing is the pad bedding in, you culd also be hearing the rotor bedding into the sliders as well.
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Stou
Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 08:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
You are probably right Wyckedflesh. I'll wait a few hundred miles before thinking to go to the dealer.
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Dragonbuell12r
Posted on Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 09:25 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
My XB12R did that when I picked it up from the dealer. I loosened the caliper bolts as if to do a pad swap and found the culprit. One of the caliper bolts had to have a hundred pounds of torque on it. I had to beat the hex key with a rubber mallet to get it off. After that I put it back together and the sound was gone.
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Bbstacker
Posted on Friday, April 15, 2005 - 01:29 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)
I get the same noise from my front brakes, but only when riding in the rain.
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