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Rellim51
Posted on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 - 09:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I took my PMs off a few weeks ago to polish them up for riding season. When I put the front wheel on today, the right side spacer doesn't seem to be seating up to the inner fork. It may have been this way before but I didn't notice it. Does this look normal?



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Smoke
Posted on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 - 09:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

that looks correct. the axle pushes everything to the one side which puts the wheel in the center.
tim
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Jos51700
Posted on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 08:51 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Yes.

I usually compress the fork a couple of times to center everything up before tightening the pinch bolts because of this.

HD actually has a measurement for centering the forks, but I've never seen such a spec for Buell.
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Spiderman
Posted on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 09:00 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Upon closer inspection everything looks good from here...

(Message edited by spiderman on March 26, 2008)
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Werewulf
Posted on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 10:33 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

on the harleys, you put a drill bit thru the hole on the axle after the large nut is tightened.. then you pull the leg until it touches the drill bit and tighten the cap screws...it will be centered by the brake rotor..
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Bluzm2
Posted on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 12:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Wulf,
That would not be good practice with these bikes.
Tighten the axel bolt and leave the cap screws loose.
Put the bike on the ground, hold the front brake and compress and release the forks a couple of times.
That will center the left leg.
Then tighten the cap screws.
It's not the brake rotor that's the problem, it's keeping the fork legs parallel that's important.
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Kmbuell
Posted on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 06:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Are you sure the spacer isn't backwards? Shouldn't the narrow part fit into the bearing? Take another look and see if the bearing is correctly supported.
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Jos51700
Posted on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 06:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

The "narrow part" is the axle.
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Rellim51
Posted on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 09:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Yup, the narrow part is in the bearing.
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