Front isolator, how long does it last?

[rsm688]

As the title says, for those of you that have had your front isolator/engine mount fail on your XB, how many miles did it fail at?


Also, did anyone who had a bike with higher mileage that replaced their isolator (not one that had failed and dropped) and notice a reduction in vibes? As in one that was worn and might have a few small cracks but not bad enough to have given out.


Thanks,
Spencer

 

[thrstrmech]

haven't seen or read of any cases of front isolator failures...I have over 64k on my '03 9s and the isolator looks fine, have removed the frame a few times and not noticed any issues

 

[EvilRX]

I had one fail on my 06ss at 40k

 

[thrstrmech]

did you happen to get pics of it?

 

[Matteson]

Mine looks bad but doesn't act or feel bad. It could use replacement. 40,000 miles

 

[rsm688]

http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/32777/31775.html

Thats a picture of failed vs good (on a bike with 5k miles lol).


Thanks guys, I've got 34k miles on mine and used to the tube framed buells where they commonly need replacing and wasn't sure if I should swap mine out or not (it looks good still)

 

[theMelvster6]

I replaced mine at approx. 9k miles, it hadn't gone completely bad, but it was definitely on its way out. So I replaced it with the newer updated version. They changed the design a little bit on the later years.

 

[anrkizm95]

did you happen to get pics of it?

 

[88b]

I changed one on a friends 09 Uly at about 6000 miles, he was complaining of extra vibration, not a big job.

 

[rsm688]

88b, did he seem to think it was better after swapping it or the same?

 

[rsm688]

I've got some noticeable vibes in the lower RPM range, mainly when decellerating for stop lights and whatnot. I know theres always vibes but just wondering if a fresh front isolator would help cut down on this low rpm/slowing down vibes. When I am on the powerband there are no vibes at all, slowing down/2000 RPM or less its pretty rough, idle is typical buell vibes.

Anyone know what else might cause more vibes when slowing down/lower RPMs?

 

[88b]

rsm I rode it and it did vibrate, the mount had separated and dropped down onto the bolt head/ washer. The new mount made it a lot smoother .

 

[g3stripes]

05 xb12 failed at 16k but it leads tuff life