{"id":80082,"date":"2009-03-30T13:24:49","date_gmt":"2009-03-30T04:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=80082"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:41:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:41:43","slug":"zrx400-clunking-noise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20090330\/everyday-events\/zrx400-clunking-noise","title":{"rendered":"ZRX400 Clunking Noise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_58905781_0.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_58905781_1.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>The issue was that it was making a clunking noise when riding.<br \/>\nSure enough, it was clunking.<br \/>\nUsually it&#8217;s things like chain slack on one side or the chain being too loose.<br \/>\nChain issues are pretty common.<br \/>\nThere was definitely some slack on one side, but not too bad.<br \/>\nBack in the day I&#8217;ve seen the front sprocket nut come loose too.<br \/>\nI did a visual check and felt around to confirm.<br \/>\nBut everything checked out.<br \/>\nThe conclusion was insufficient lubrication and the chain being a bit old, so I oiled it up and\u2014wow, that made a difference!<br \/>\nThe sprocket damper should be replaced when you take the wheel off anyway.<br \/>\nI checked the wheel bearings by shaking them, and they&#8217;re fine.<br \/>\nThe steering bearings are due for replacement too, so<br \/>\nI just loosened them up and fudged it for now.<br \/>\nA few small adjustments made it ride much better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The issue was that it was making a clunking noise when riding. Sure enough, it was clunking. Usually it&#8217;s things like chain slack on one side or the chain being too loose. Chain issues are pretty common. There was definitely some slack on one side, but not too bad. Back in the day I&#8217;ve seen the front sprocket nut come loose too. I did a visual check and felt around to confirm. But everything checked out. The conclusion was insufficient lubrication and the chain being a bit old, so I oiled it up and\u2014wow, that made a difference! The sprocket damper should be replaced when you take [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80081,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[55,81],"class_list":["post-80082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-old-blog","tag-zrx400"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}