Question about Shock Bushing

[Old Geezer Richard]

What kind of symptoms will have when the shock bushing need to be replaced ??  I noticed a kind of a wiggle when I go into a slow curve and the road has some up and down dips in the road , there's no noise or anything just that slight wiggle ....

[Jess from VA]

To check them, you have to eyeball them.  But if they are worn or out of round, the capture nut and washer may hide the damage, so pull them off and look.  Sometime you can see they're crooked even with the mounts on, sometimes you can't.

Most wiggles are tire related, but your bushings can also cause it.



Better than rubber.


http://www.xf6-custom.com/partpages/bushings.html

[old2soon]

My first indication of a problem was a head shake coming down an off ramp near my casa. I blissfully ignored it the first 2 times. Came off the same ramp a bit faster and Almost turned into a tank slapper.  NOT good by any stretch of the magination!  I've just taken to put a new set in at my service on the rear end.  RIDE SAFE.

[The emperor has no clothes]

What kind of symptoms will have when the shock bushing need to be replaced ??  I noticed a kind of a wiggle when I go into a slow curve and the road has some up and down dips in the road , there's no noise or anything just that slight wiggle ....

Sounds like the symptoms I experienced with worn shock bushings. Along with the ones that Jess linked from xf6, the green ones from Honda for the VTX are very good also.