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Old 01-29-2015, 01:38 AM
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Getting ready to install the new DNA 52 Mammoth and 21" Avon....just arrived today. Getting mounted and balanced, should be installed by tomorrow. One thing I did notice when I pulled the stock wheel off, there was only 1 spacer(on the left/rotor side). I was looking in my service manual and it shows a spacer on each side. What do you guys think about that?
 
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my 07 custom has 2 dont know what bike you have , but makes me think your missing one
 
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I will contact my psychic adviser to find out what model bike you have, and get back to you...
 
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2008 Deluxe, just wondering if the hub cap is used as a spacer.
 
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Yes, the Hub Cap has the spacer built in. If you want to omit the Hub Cap you will need to get a spacer of the same dimension to replace it....
 
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Originally Posted by jtarter
2008 Deluxe, just wondering if the hub cap is used as a spacer.
No. The hub cap itself is not a spacer.

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Yes, the Hub Cap has the spacer built in. If you want to omit the Hub Cap you will need to get a spacer of the same dimension to replace it....
You are correct that the hub cap has a spacer built in.... sort of. The hub cap is held onto the spacer by a retaining ring. The hub cap can be removed from the spacer without having to get a new spacer. I took the hub cap off my Heritage.

 
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Originally Posted by Bone Doc
The hub cap is held onto the spacer by a retaining ring. The hub cap can be removed from the spacer
I totally forgot that! Hell, I had mine apart a few weeks ago to do some cleaning/polishing on it.
 
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