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The dealer here said he never heard of the problem, but I mentioned the O ring fix. When I got the bike back it still rattled, even though they put 2 O rings on the side by side mounts near the seat. I ended up taking the housing off and putting thick ruber tape on all the mounts. Problem solved. Hopefully forever. Keep on riding!!
Use the "search" function and enter speedometer rattle and narrow the search to the 1300 forum and vtxoa. You'll get plenty of solutions.
Ride safe!!
Use the "search" function and enter speedometer rattle and narrow the search to the 1300 forum and vtxoa. You'll get plenty of solutions.
Ride safe!!
had the same problem, I just used a hammer and gave it a few good wacks and then used fingernail polish to touch up the dings from the hammer.. did the same on the headlight.. man that bitch would rattle me insane. Except Sally beauty supply was out of the chrome color nail polish so I just beat it completly off of the bike and installed an old fog light from my old dodge dart I had laying around in the garage. It wistles really loud while I drive down the road because of the cracked lense I guess but I figured HEY, at least it will scare the deer away! That's all I need is to hit another one of those suckers. I still haven't got the forks straightened from the last time I hit one of those. You'd think they would run away from all of the noise and flames that shoot from my broken headerpipe but NO they just stand there in the middle of the road just like those 2 stupid dogs did 2 weeks before.. WELL enough about me.. Yeah you can do it the easyway like me or go ahead and do the rubber washer thingy like EVERYONE else.. when it first started to rattle I jammed a few matchbooks up under the speedo but with all of the rain here they just withered away and the rattle came back.. (man I HATE rattles) either way, Best of luck
P.S. At least I don't have the rattles like before.. Whew! sure glad of that!
Best regards to all, Bully
P.S. At least I don't have the rattles like before.. Whew! sure glad of that!
Best regards to all, Bully
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MLBU154,
Take off the speedo..use (7) little o-rings from home depot, about 10 cents each...put between speedo cover and tank (front 3 go between cover and bracket) and NO MORE NOISE!!! Works perfectly. I hate rattles.
Take off the speedo..use (7) little o-rings from home depot, about 10 cents each...put between speedo cover and tank (front 3 go between cover and bracket) and NO MORE NOISE!!! Works perfectly. I hate rattles.
O-ring may not fix your problem.
I had the same problem, the o-rings did nothing to help... My problem was that the speedo housing was loose from the console. Remove the console from the tank, flip it over, give all the screws a nice tightening... That'll fix it... Fixed mine, anyway, 4K miles later, still no rattle/buzz...
I had the same problem, the o-rings did nothing to help... My problem was that the speedo housing was loose from the console. Remove the console from the tank, flip it over, give all the screws a nice tightening... That'll fix it... Fixed mine, anyway, 4K miles later, still no rattle/buzz...
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Hmmm....maybe this is beating a dead horse here, or this was covered already, but I just missed it...
My speedo rattles too...but it's not the entire speedo...it's the freakin' plastic/glass cover that rattles. Is this the rattling you've all experienced?
My speedo rattles too...but it's not the entire speedo...it's the freakin' plastic/glass cover that rattles. Is this the rattling you've all experienced?
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I had an old bicycle innertube that I kept for tying up a stake to a young tree (better than rope -- won't cut into the bark) ... anyway ... I cut out a 1/2" circle, used a single hole punch used for paper, put that down as my O-ring on all areas under the speedo housing, and that cured the rattles.
For those with the rattling plexi-glass cover, use a thin bead of clear silicon. First tape off the chrome with some painters masking tape, then put a thin bead on your finger and shove it into the crack between the chrome and the clear plastic. Take a Q-tip and wipe off the excess. Take off the masking tape. Let it cure. Be careful so you don't get silicon all over the speedo window. No rattles.
For those with the rattling plexi-glass cover, use a thin bead of clear silicon. First tape off the chrome with some painters masking tape, then put a thin bead on your finger and shove it into the crack between the chrome and the clear plastic. Take a Q-tip and wipe off the excess. Take off the masking tape. Let it cure. Be careful so you don't get silicon all over the speedo window. No rattles.
How do you tell if you have the speedo rattle or the headlight rattle? Mine doesnt do it all the time. It seems it does it when riding into the wind and only at a certain RPM. I pushed in all places in the speedo housing and it doesnt seem to stop. Its a buzzing sound, not so much a rattle. If it was the speedo housing would it stop for sure by just pushing on it? How should I test if its the headlight doing it? Thanks. 8)
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Unscrew the screw holding the headlight rim on. Pull the headlight housing out. Some folks have wrapped the wires with electrical tap, some have put packing popcorn/styrofoam in there, and some have put wall insulation in there for packing. You can do both the headlight fix and the speedo housing fix. If that doesn't do it, you may have your horn rattling against the frame. Simply bend that into a position it doesn't contact your frame or crash bar.
Anyone else have options?
Anyone else have options?
Spederman --
I was able to stop the rattle by pushing down gently on the speedo housing with one hand while riding, so I was sure it was that, and not the headlight.
I managed to get o-rings into all seven spots between the housing and whatever it attaches to at each point, and that seems to have put an end to the buzzing.
I had to replace one of the screws in the process -- I accidentally dropped it, and I think it bounced down into somewhere under the gas tank. It didn't make it all the way to the ground, in any case. Not being in the mood to figure out how to pull the gas tank off just to look for a screw, I settled for buying another screw. If the old one is still hangin' out under my tank somewhere, at least it's not rattling...
-- Rich
I was able to stop the rattle by pushing down gently on the speedo housing with one hand while riding, so I was sure it was that, and not the headlight.
I managed to get o-rings into all seven spots between the housing and whatever it attaches to at each point, and that seems to have put an end to the buzzing.
I had to replace one of the screws in the process -- I accidentally dropped it, and I think it bounced down into somewhere under the gas tank. It didn't make it all the way to the ground, in any case. Not being in the mood to figure out how to pull the gas tank off just to look for a screw, I settled for buying another screw. If the old one is still hangin' out under my tank somewhere, at least it's not rattling...
-- Rich
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