Rattle in the front

bob393 · 10-02-2012, 01:45 PM

I haven't taken the front of my GS apart to look for it yet but I have a dash, windshield,
or beak rattle at low RPM's. It's been down a few time and I'm on my second windshield
so something defiantly could be tweaked. Where would you look first?

JAB · 10-02-2012, 01:52 PM

Don't know the first thing about GS's but find your self a big rubber mallet and start (carefully) thumping your front tire and the ends of your bars. Could be something pushed into another thing making the rattle. Keep tapping/thumping things 'til you find and eliminate the source. Good luck.

JimVonBaden · 10-02-2012, 03:20 PM

Bob,

There is a pretty good chance your speedo cluster is loose. You might have lost one of the jesus clips, or a rubber isolator is worn out.

Also, check your windshield lower mounts. One of them could have sheared, but you can't tell by looking.

Jim

PS Rattles are hard to diagnose on the internet.

Nacho911 · 10-02-2012, 04:52 PM

The internal springs have a rattle in them. Most refer to it as a "clack". Bestrest products sell a $7.00 set of rubber stoppers clack "clack stoppers". This might be what you hear. You will only hear it in rougher terrain. I fkn hate the sound. Bought the Bestrest stuff a while ago just no time to install.

bob393 · 10-05-2012, 05:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JimVonBaden

Bob,

There is a pretty good chance your speedo cluster is loose. You might have lost one of the jesus clips, or a rubber isolator is worn out.

Also, check your windshield lower mounts. One of them could have sheared, but you can't tell by looking.

Jim

PS Rattles are hard to diagnose on the internet.

Your being nice, rattles are impossible to diagnose over the internet.

I will look into the mounts and clips, I'm only sure that the lower windshield mounts are tight.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nacho911

The internal springs have a rattle in them. Most refer to it as a "clack". Bestrest products sell a $7.00 set of rubber stoppers clack "clack stoppers". This might be what you hear. You will only hear it in rougher terrain. I fkn hate the sound. Bought the Bestrest stuff a while ago just no time to install.

I can't find those "clack stoppers" on the Bestrest site?

And yes I hate the sound also!

It only occurs at the lower lugging rpm. My first thought was the adventure windshield winglets were hitting the windshield but that's not it. It sure sounds like something inside or under the dash. It's not a heavy suspension type clunk just a fiberglass kind of rattle.

bob393 · 10-05-2012, 07:06 PM

OK So I banged on it, shook it wiggled it and I can't get it to make any noise except
when I lug the engine in first or second gear.

FBB · 10-05-2012, 08:30 PM

Looked at the spacing on the beak? You said it had been down and maybe tweaked.

I had taken the beak off to install a oil cooler guard and apparently didn't get it quite right when I re installed it.,
Close, but not quite right even though everything looked OK and I got the same sort of sound. This was especially true when it was cold and I first started out for the day.

Pulled the beak back off and put it back on and the sound was gone.

Mine is a 2011 so not sure if my experience applies here so take it with a grain of salt. And maybe some Tequila...

bob393 · 10-06-2012, 05:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FBB

Looked at the spacing on the beak? You said it had been down and maybe tweaked.

I had taken the beak off to install a oil cooler guard and apparently didn't get it quite right when I re installed it.,
Close, but not quite right even though everything looked OK and I got the same sort of sound. This was especially true when it was cold and I first started out for the day.

Pulled the beak back off and put it back on and the sound was gone.

Mine is a 2011 so not sure if my experience applies here so take it with a grain of salt. And maybe some Tequila...

Yes. When cold first thing in the morning. Yes.

I'll pull it off and look. Thanks

hahmule · 10-08-2012, 12:36 PM

My rattle turned out to be the front of my engine guards. Givi bars on Wee Strom though.

bob393 · 10-11-2012, 03:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hahmule

My rattle turned out to be the front of my engine guards. Givi bars on Wee Strom though.

Thanks but that was the first thing I checked was the engine guard. Solid as a rock.

bob393 · 10-21-2012, 10:59 AM

I fixed it in a ghetto way.

I placed two hard rubber wedges between the dash/windshield mounting tube and the beak plastics to the outside. Now its quiet as a pin drop.

10-02-2012, 01:45 PM	#1
bob393 ^OP Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Dec 2010 Location: Goshen, NY Oddometer: 369	Rattle in the front I haven't taken the front of my GS apart to look for it yet but I have a dash, windshield, or beak rattle at low RPM's. It's been down a few time and I'm on my second windshield so something defiantly could be tweaked. Where would you look first? __________________ 2007 R1200GS almost farkeled to perfection!

10-02-2012, 01:52 PM	#2
JAB Unsprung Weight Joined: Dec 2004 Location: Beautiful Monrovia Oddometer: 1,100	Don't know the first thing about GS's but find your self a big rubber mallet and start (carefully) thumping your front tire and the ends of your bars. Could be something pushed into another thing making the rattle. Keep tapping/thumping things 'til you find and eliminate the source. Good luck. __________________ 1991 Honda XR628R 1978 Yamaha XT500 1965 Hodaka Ace 90

10-02-2012, 03:20 PM	#3
JimVonBaden "Cool" Aid! Joined: Feb 2005 Location: Alexandria, VA Oddometer: 41,491	Bob, There is a pretty good chance your speedo cluster is loose. You might have lost one of the jesus clips, or a rubber isolator is worn out. Also, check your windshield lower mounts. One of them could have sheared, but you can't tell by looking. Jim PS Rattles are hard to diagnose on the internet. __________________ Click here for BMW Maintenance and Repair DVDs and Corrections. "Combo-Order Discounts!"

10-02-2012, 04:52 PM	#4
Nacho911 Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Sep 2009 Location: Alberta Rocky Mountains Canada Oddometer: 364	The internal springs have a rattle in them. Most refer to it as a "clack". Bestrest products sell a $7.00 set of rubber stoppers clack "clack stoppers". This might be what you hear. You will only hear it in rougher terrain. I fkn hate the sound. Bought the Bestrest stuff a while ago just no time to install. __________________ Nacho911

10-05-2012, 07:06 PM	#6
bob393 ^OP Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Dec 2010 Location: Goshen, NY Oddometer: 369	OK So I banged on it, shook it wiggled it and I can't get it to make any noise except when I lug the engine in first or second gear. __________________ 2007 R1200GS almost farkeled to perfection!

10-05-2012, 08:30 PM	#7
FBB Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Apr 2010 Location: CO Springs, CO Oddometer: 120	Noise Looked at the spacing on the beak? You said it had been down and maybe tweaked. I had taken the beak off to install a oil cooler guard and apparently didn't get it quite right when I re installed it., Close, but not quite right even though everything looked OK and I got the same sort of sound. This was especially true when it was cold and I first started out for the day. Pulled the beak back off and put it back on and the sound was gone. Mine is a 2011 so not sure if my experience applies here so take it with a grain of salt. And maybe some Tequila...

10-08-2012, 12:36 PM	#9
hahmule Balding Gloriously Joined: Jan 2007 Location: Nowhere Valley, CA Oddometer: 566	funny noises.... My rattle turned out to be the front of my engine guards. Givi bars on Wee Strom though. __________________ What a lovely bunch of coconuts. Better to be a fast mule than a slow race horse.

10-21-2012, 10:59 AM	#11
bob393 ^OP Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Dec 2010 Location: Goshen, NY Oddometer: 369	I fixed it in a ghetto way. I placed two hard rubber wedges between the dash/windshield mounting tube and the beak plastics to the outside. Now its quiet as a pin drop. __________________ 2007 R1200GS almost farkeled to perfection!

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