is driving me nucking futs, on my 01 RK. Anyone have any useful suggestion?

 

Lid or whole bag?Lower rail block may be worn or bag not entirely locked into it.Lids can be adjusted slightly,if not snapping something over lip of lwr bag-like a small plastic hose,old battery drain style hose-may tighten up.

 

Do you know where it's rattling? From the mount pins? The bag latch? Or, where the bag sits on the metal rail?

 

Try pulling bags off and spray rubber on the bottom of bag mount with silicone worked for me. It could also be rubber mount on exhaust . The spray works on both. Heat makes rubber hard and it sqeaks and or rattles.Hope this helps.


Rick

 

The rattle seems to be coming from the right bag, possibly/pobably the lid

 

Disassemble the latch, start by disassembling the cloth "strap". I'd bet one of those little screws has come loose that holds the latch. Very easy to perform in the middle of the floor in your living room! Nothing to it....and reassemble with blue loctite.

 

Hmm...well it's only a guess and pretty to do without hearing it for myself, but it could also be undeneath the bag where the rubber rests on top of the metal support bracket. Is it possible you are missing one of the rubber mounting pieces and the bag is hitting the metal bracket? Could happen. I took thebags off once while cleaning and I had to snap the rubber piece back in to place.

 

Check your pins , the other day my bags were rattleing one was loose and the end was bent up .

 

I had to replace the springs in the latches to cure the rattle. You may want to look at a new bike to see how the springs should work. They cost about a buck.

 

I think this is where mine is coming from. If i apply some pressure to latch it goes away. Were they hard to replace?