Just had my rear shock rebuilt a couple weeks ago and about last week I started to notice a squeak from the rear end. It sounds like it metal on metal but when you push down on the rear end or hit a pot hole. Im not sure if its a bad bushing but this never happened until i had this so called "shop" rebuild the rear shock. Any thoughts would be helpful

 

Lube anything that pivots.

Ride on
Brewster

 

Im gonna unbolt the lower shock mount and see if its the swing arm and go from there. Ive had nothing but issues ever since i brought my bike to this shop

 

Mine had a squeak, so I took it completely off and lubed everything, all bearings, axles, etc. The squeak is still there, I ignore it now.

 

Its gonna bug the crap outta me, im hoping its not the shock it self

 

I had this squeak arrive about a month ago on my 07 250s. so i usesd a petroleum lubrication spray on "everything" that moves on the rear end without removing anything. to no avail. the squeak persisted. soo, the other day i removed my swingarm and greased all the needle bearings from swingarm to dog bones, with the exception of the swivel point on the frame/dogbone. i greased in between all the points that contact/nearly contact on all the swivel points... AND ITS STILL THERE... i think i might take the shock off and see if it might be the rubber cushion on the bottom of the shock. its really a bother.

 

im leaning towards something with the shock cause my bushings aren't that beat up

 

So I took my bike in to get inspected and told the guy bout the squeak, it ended by being the exhaust clamp rotated to far inward on the bike. He loosened it up, rotated it outward and no more squeak!!! thought id pass the info on ward to others

 

Sonova.... fixed... thanks!!! Such a simple thing. My clamp on my exhaust was rubbing on the hose clamp from my airbox.. lmao.

 

When the guy did that, i felt like the biggest idiot. The last thing i woulda thought to be rubbing