Carolan wrote:
My previous post was about a possible wobble in the front end of my 400. Now I think it's not a wobble, but a notch or catch in the center of the steering range.
I've seen the notch discussed on here in relation to the 500s, but not necessarily the 400s. Is this hard to fix?
I had the similar thing, I did not feel at first, but I went and saw the dealership and it turned out there was other issue, I had worn tires so I changed the tires, but the mechanic told me about the notch, and after that, I started to notice it, I did not do it as I thought it was because of the worn out tires, but then the notch started to get worse, which the steering always wanted to center it self (imagine like a bowl and you through in a ball, the ball will go down to the bottom. Anyway, finally, I sent it to the dealership yesterday to do the steering bearings maintenance, and then I found out that I need to change the rear tire as it is worn out, and after the mechanic test rode, it needs the drive belt to be changed, so I am doing all three things, and I am sure it will be back to a great scrooter again, so my advice to all, is to do the proper service and just pay the amount, at the end of the day, you are the one whose riding it, and you don't want to risk something going wrong while you are on the road with a speed exceeding 60 Kilo/hour, if you are a mechanic, then do the steering bearing service and not anything else, although the method can be done but it will not replace the steering bearing maintenance. It is your life.... Better safe than sorry as they say. Well, that is my point of view, safe riding all.