2006 Harley Davidson Dyna Super Glide with Lehman Renegade - Head shake

[Skids]

2006 Harley Davidson Dyna Super Glide with Lehman Renegade - Head shake

Will a steering damper help eliminate low speed head shake on my 2006 Harley Davidson Dyna Super Glide with a Lehman Renegade conversion? If so, where would I find the correct damper kit? Thanks for your help.

 

[rhino 2]

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[Gorilla]

Will a steering damper help eliminate low speed head shake on my 2006 Harley Davidson Dyna Super Glide with a Lehman Renegade conversion? If so, where would I find the correct damper kit? Thanks for your help.

Skids

First welcome aboard.

Yes a damper MIGHT help, but being that you ride a conversion I would suggest that you check the steering head bearing tightness first. The bearing should be tighter then what is recommended for the bike when it was 2 wheels. The front trees/tire should not have more than one swing thru on the tightness test. Also does your conversion have a raked triple tree? If not it might be something to look into. This web sites owner sells triple trees at about the best price you can get them at.

 

[Papa Zook]

Dampeners are bandaids...Do what Gorilla suggested.

 

[Lee H. Mann]

Welcome to Trike Talk Forum from West Virginia.:wave4:

 

[Skids]

Thanks to all who have responded to my question. I look forward to doing as suggested

Will a steering damper help eliminate low speed head shake on my 2006 Harley Davidson Dyna Super Glide with a Lehman Renegade conversion? If so, where would I find the correct damper kit? Thanks for your help.

Thanks to all who have responded to my post. I look forward to performing those adjustments as suggested and continued use of this forum.

 

[Papa Zook]

Thanks to all who have responded to my post. I look forward to performing those adjustments as suggested and continued use of this forum.

Skids, if you have any further questions, feel free to PM me.

 

[Skids]

Skids, if you have any further questions, feel free to PM me.

Thanks, will do

 

[ol' school]

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[radismukes]

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[bones1]

Hello new here. What does this mean "The front trees/tire should not have more than one swing thru on the tightness test"

 

[Gorilla]

It means that the nut should have at least 30lbs - 35lbs of torque on it.

 

[bones1]

Excellent, thank You.

 

[Papa Zook]

Actually, any reference to swing or fall-away as it is called, would be found only in Harley service manual for a two wheeler. If there is any swing with a trike when installing a rake kit, then there is less than the required 35ft lbs of preload.

The exception to this would be if you are running a pneumatic steering stabilizer and using the stock triple trees as this would be the settings called for on a stock, non raked Harley TriGlide, which is not what is being discussed.

Every Triglide installation should include the removal of the stabilizer. No head shake, no stabilizer necessary.