# Service bulletin SB\-397

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

- Type: Service bulletin
- NHTSA id: 10026427
- Published by NHTSA: 2008\-10\-29
- Manufacturer's number: SB\-397
- Manufacturer's date: 2008\-10\-01
- NHTSA component: SUSPENSION:REAR

## NHTSA's summary

TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLE: DRAG LINK TO DROP LINK BOLT, DRAG LINK TO FRAME BOLT AND DROP LINK TO REAR SUSPENSION UNIT BOLT, WHICH COULD RESULT IN THE BOLTS FRACTURING. \*PE

## The document

No address for NHTSA's copy can be built for this communication. Ask the dealer for it by the manufacturer's number.

## Components

Suspension

## Vehicles listed

- 1999 to 2007 TRIUMPH SPRINT ST
- 2005 to 2008 TRIUMPH SPRINT ST 1050
- 2005 to 2007 TRIUMPH SPRINT ST ABS

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2009282](/recalls/tc/2009282.md), 2009-10-02: Suspension
- [09V378000](/recalls/nhtsa/09V378000.md), 2009-10-02: SUSPENSION
- [2008336](/recalls/tc/2008336.md), 2008-09-11: Suspension
- [08V457000](/recalls/nhtsa/08V457000.md), 2008-09-10: SUSPENSION
- [2006355](/recalls/tc/2006355.md), 2006-12-14: Suspension
- [00V043000](/recalls/nhtsa/00V043000.md), 2000-02-16: SUSPENSION

## Other bulletins for the same vehicles and component

- [SMT\-TN174\-20Marc](/bulletins/10125297.md), 2017-12-14, Service bulletin: SERVICE BRAKES; FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE; SUSPENSION; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; WHEELS; ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL:AUTOMATIC \(ASC\); EXTERIOR LIGHTING; EQUIPMENT. Technical News 174 provides instructions that apply to Front Brake Calipers, Rider Configurable Modes, Breather Cover Bolts Tightening Sequence, Crankcase Tightening Sequence, Left and Right Hand Switch Housings, Owner's Handbook \- Rake Specification Correction, Headlight Wiring Harness Routing, Silencer Alignment\_DZ, Rear Indicator Bracket, Master Cylinder Hose Inlet Replacement, FOX Accessory Rear Suspension Unit, Clutch Lifter Piece, Regulator Rectifer Parts Kit, Scheduled Maintenance Chart \- Ait Cooled Bonneville Models, Service Manual \- Rear Disc Runout Specification Correction.
- [SMT\-TN174\-20Marc](/bulletins/10122030.md), 2017-11-03, Service bulletin: SUSPENSION; ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL:AUTOMATIC \(ASC\); EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EXTERIOR LIGHTING; SERVICE BRAKES. Technical News 174 provides instructions that apply to Front Brake Calipers, Rider Configurable Modes, Breather Cover Bolts Tightening Sequence, Crankcase Tightening Sequence, Left and Right Hand Switch Housings, Owner's Handbook \- Rake Specification Correction, Headlight Wiring Harness Routing, Silencer Alignment\_DZ, Rear Indicator Bracket, Master Cylinder Hose Inlet Replacement, FOX Accessory Rear Suspension Unit, Clutch Lifter Piece, Regulator Rectifer Parts Kit, Scheduled Maintenance Chart \- Ait Cooled Bonneville Models, Service Manual \- Rear Disc Runout Specification Correction.
- [SMT\-TN 159 1 Oct](/bulletins/10122011.md), 2017-11-03, Service bulletin: STEERING; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS; POWER TRAIN; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EXTERIOR LIGHTING; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; SUSPENSION. Technical service bulletin 159 addressing 19 service instructions, some of which apply to all models. Instructions relate to piston and piston top ring, alternator rotor retaining bolt, rear brake hose guide, auxiliary lights, headlight spares, gear selector drum and neutral light switch, pulser ring fixings, side stand fixing, battery terminal cover, heated grip fixings, headstock bearing adjustment, front and rear diretion indicator fixings, swinging arm, throttle linkage cleaning, headlight label, clutch lifter piece, rear brake caliper bleed nipple and owner's handbook.
- [SB\-399](/bulletins/10026724.md), 2008-12-09, Service bulletin: WHEELS; SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING. TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLE: THE RIGHT HAND REAR WHEEL BEARING MAY BE INSUFFICIENTLY GREASED ON A SMALL NUMBER OF SPRINT ST 1050S. \*PE UPDATED 10/01/08. \*PE

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