| Author | Message | ||
     Daveswan |
Ok guys - I got a good deal on this used, haven't registered it yet and have been chipping away on little things to straighten it out before I get it on the road. It only has 6,000 miles on it and I finally have it running really good now. I'm looking at the front wheel and something does not look right. Here are some pictures. As you can see the brake side has a mile of axle sticking out while the other side has a nut that's on on far enough and you can see the threads inside of it! The bearing seems a ways down in the hole and the brake side it sits flush with the wheel. The wheel and tire itself is a tad closer to the brake side of the axle and not centered beneath the fender, just a tad off. The guy told me that it has new tires which indicated to me that someone took it apart and didn't put it back together right which I didn't notice when I got it. I do have the factory service manual which shows an exploded view with illustrations of the front end but no close up photos to help me figure out what's wrong. Are the wheel spacers put on the wrong sides or is something else missing? The caliper is attached to the fork and the rotor is flush mounted to the wheel so even though it looks like it's close on that side the brakes line up right I think? Is the wheel on backwards, is there more meat on one side than the other to mount the rotor etc? Thanks for your time! Dave     | ||
| Prior |
It looks like you have the spacers on the correct side (short one on brake side, long one on the other side), but it looks like your axle is hung up on the brake side of the wheel. There should only be 1/2" or so of the axle protruding on the brake side, and a good 1/2" of thread sticking out on the nut side... Pull it all apart again and make sure you have the axle pushed in all the way. It can get hung up sometimes... Prior | ||
| Daveswan |
Thanks Prior... That makes sense, let me carefully take that apart. The other part of my concern is that the wheel assembly is actually a tad off center within the forks themselves. This isn't the best picture but you can sort-of see the tires isn't directly beneath the fender. When you're tightening the fender there's a little play, but what you can't see in this image is that the tire does look closer to one fork than the other. is that normal? Let's say I find that the axle was binding on something and I get it in right, since the rotor is mounted to the wheel, the wheel can't move away from the caliper since the caliper is bolted to the fork. If the wheel was able to move to one side would the caliper or does the caliper get shimmed in order to make in fit correctly over the rotor - or am I think to much about that condition? thanks for your time, Dave  | ||
| Kusskid76 |
Not to worry dave I had the same issue this spring when I had my tires changed at a local bike shop they were kinda careless with the plastic when they put it on moved the fender off center and made the wheel look off center and from the pics you posted looks like who ever worked on your bike was careless as well most likely its just shoddy work putting on the fender | ||
| Daveswan |
I've found the real problem created by the careful handy work of the previous owner. - I've pulled the wheel off and the first top picture is actually showing the spacer facing the wrong direction. It's keeping the axle from being inserted that's why it sticks out. The bearing on that side also isn't even being ridden on by the axle since the axle just passes through a hole. I'm taking my time going through everything. It's giving me a really good working understanding of all of the components. Looks like someone did something to the gas cap. I'll post a photo somewhere else to see if it looks like I need a new one of those too! | ||
| Kalali |
Glad you found the problem. It is a shame one would even sell a bike not telling the new owner what the did to the wheel. Stuff like this always worries me when I buy a new bike. |
