Passenger Floorboards BUZZ

[Seaking]

I found a major source of frame and bar buzz on my bike which turned out to be the passenger floorboards. When the boards are in the upright stowed position, you can move them side to side freely before hitting the spring stops.. "loose" is quite accurate.

 

I jammed some soft wood between the mounts and the pivot end of the floorboards to seize them up while in the upright position and yep.. what a huge difference.

 

I took one apart to confirm that yes, the ball and spring were present and reassembled it but its very loose..

 

Is there a more permanent / proper way to tighten these up other than jamming a stick of wood like i have? You can't see the wood, I seldom ride with passengers.. but would like to sort this out somehow..

 

Anyone else experience something similar?

[Bobby G]

I found and fixed the source of my buzz/rattle, but it was in the rear speaker housing, not the passenger floorboards. Not sure of a fix for the looseness in the spring mechanism other than what you've done, but I can see where this would drive you a little crazy.

[Gary N.]

A longer spring or a shim behind it should work. Ball could be worn a bit too.