Honda 400ex suspension squeaking.

[Manny55]

Hey when im just driving around the suspension squeaks whats that suppose to mean.

Manny

[rxraptor02]

suspension sqeak is common. if the pivot points of the squeaky parts have zerks just grease them. if they dont have zerks then spray somehting like wd-40 on the pivot.
my raptor and warrior both did this but when greased the squeaking stoped until dirt/dust got back into the pivots that did not have the zerks



zerks are the nipples that you put the grease gun on to grease the internal moving parts.

[ATC crazy]

WD40 will not penetrate all the way through the A-arm bearings. I took the A-arm bolts off my Foreman and greased them up real good and then put it all back together....not a squeek since (this was about 15 months ago).

If it still squeeks, it might be the shock mounts....if so, do the same with them.

[Manny55]

thankx guyz

[Dynofox]

My 400ex started squeeking from one of the front arms so I took it off and greased up the bushing, problem solved. You really should go through and grease all of the moving bushings every so often to keep everything moving the way it should.

[Manny55]

Hey what have you done to your 400ex as far as mods go????

Manny

[Dynofox]

It's still bone stock. I'd like to get a pro circuit t4 slip on at some point in time. You done anything to yours yet?

[Manny55]

Nothing yet!!!

[AirManCam]

Hey Manny has your rear shock started to squeek? My friends 250ex started to squeek like hell and there isnt any zerks it sucks we tried wd40 and it still didnt work. We are thinking about drilling a hole :twisted:

[Manny55]

ya mine is squeaking to i thought it was frought i put wd 40 on it but it didnt work all try the rear next. Im going to sand lake in 2 days though i put my sand tires on tonight.

[Dynofox]

Take the shock off and grease the bushing, that is what is making the noise.

[Manny55]

Now is it hard to take off the rear shock i dont want to mess up anything i got a manual and everything i mean if its not to diffucult then all do it but wut do u think.

[Dynofox]

I've never had the rear shock out of my 400ex, but it shouldn't be too bad. When I took my tri z rear shock out it wasn't hard at all (400ex should be similar set up with the linkage).

[TeCaTe_MaN]

DAMNIT!! Manny, your F**Kin' breakin EVERYTHING, sell that thing before you break it beyond repair! :D

[Manny55]

dude it just needs to be clean its not broken.

[AirManCam]

He said the same thing to me when I broke my grab bar. He is just stupid :rolleyes: