Hello, I have a clunk in the front end of my 2008 FXDC with 6000 miles on it. I think its the triple tree loose but not sure. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

The front floating disc can clunk sometimes. Yes, the fork can clunk sometimes... as well as the front or rear mounting bolt for the tank.

When does it clunk? braking, bumps... ?

 

Thanks for the reply, I just tightened up the head bearing a little,but haven't ridden it yet (its raining), It clunks when I hit a bump, I checked the tank already.I read something about low fork oil ,but its not leaking & this just started when I was on a 200 mile ride. The Harley dealer did loosen up on the head bearing for a shimmy at highway speed.

 

Don't think it could be fork oil, even if you lose most of it. My tank bolt was loose, so check that.
Another possibility is the front motor mount. I just had it go at 6200 miles. Get up close to check it, it was easy to see the damage.

 

also check the steering head lock, or the fork lock in the neck. I hear the Dynas have an issue with them malfunctioning, which I take to mean that they come loose and clunk when going over bumps.

 

Forks also be bottoming out, Have Harley put a heaver weight oil in, Worked for me

 

I chased the elusive front end clunk on my 02 FXD. Here's what I did. Loosen the lower fork pinch bolts, knock on the lower pinch with a non-marring hammer (rubber mallet), re-torque the stem bolt. This will draw to two halves of the triple tree together, you won't see this but it does. Re-torque the lower pinch bolts. Check your tank mount bolts and check to make sure the jiffy stand hits the rubber bumper not the frame. May need help with the jiffy stand. The pinch bolt thing fixed my clunk about 5k miles ago.

 

check the fall away. that fixed mine.

 

There is a MoCo service bulletin on this problem. I had it on my '07 FXDC. The bulletin is M-1215. Took mine in and had the repair accomplished and haven't had an issue since. If you want the bulletin, I have it in .pdf format, it's too big to upload. PM me an email addy and I'll send it.