# Service bulletin SB\-398

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: 10030791
- Published by NHTSA: 2009\-12\-03
- Manufacturer's number: SB\-398
- Manufacturer's date: 2008\-12\-01
- NHTSA component: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

## NHTSA's summary

TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLE: REPLACEMENT OF FRONT CALIPER BOLTS AND BRACKET. A NUMBER OF THRUXTON MOTORCYCLES MAY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT BRAKE CALIPER BOLTS. THE INSTALLED BOLTS MAY BE TOO SHORT, REDUCING THREAD ENGAGEMENT OF THE BOLTS INTO THE BRAKE CALIPER BRACKET. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. \*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

Brakes

## Vehicles listed

- 2004 TRIUMPH THRUXTON
- 2006 to 2010 TRIUMPH THRUXTON

## Recalls for the same vehicles and component

- [2008435](/recalls/tc/2008435.md), 2008-12-05: Brakes
- [08V624000](/recalls/nhtsa/08V624000.md), 2008-11-26: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER

## 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.
- [TB\-104](/bulletins/10030792.md), 2009-12-03, Service bulletin: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN; SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE; FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:PRESSURE RELIEF DEVICES; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. TRIUMPH MOTORCYCLE: HEADERS DISCOLOURATION, CAMSHAFT COVER, HORN, BRAKE CALIPER SLIDING PIN GREASING, CAMSHAFT CAP LADDER BOLTS TIGHTENING SEQUENCE, OIL PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE, NEW COOLANT, WARNING LABELS, ENGINE CONTROL MODULE \(ECM\) BRACKET, FORK SHROUDS, AND DRIVER CHAIN FREE MOVEMENT. DEALERS TO CHECK MOTORCYCLES PRIOR TO BEING DELIVERED TO CUSTOMERS. NO MODEL YEARS LISTED. \*PE

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