Switchback front end ?
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From: killingworth,newcastle upon tyne
Ok guys the trees and legs arrived today ,been reading up and apparently or alledgedly I can use the stock wheel ,axle and bearings from my 07 fxdc ,just need a rotor spacer to make my hub the same size as a wideglide hub so I'm asking the question does anyone know what size spacer I need or know of a place which sells them ? Also can anyone confirm that the 1inch axle will work ok with the switchback forks which I do believe take a 25mm axle ? Tia ....... pics to come soon !!
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https://www.hdforums.com/forum/dyna-...ack-build.html
The guy in the above post put street bob wheels on his switchback-scroll to post #31, Same size wheels as a super glide. Its totaly doable. Phog, to answer your above question-You can use 1" or 25mm axle with your Switchback fork sliders. If your eventually going to go with a wider wheel up front, I bet a touring wheel would bolt right in. They're easy and cheap to come buy. I have one in my garage that excepts 1" axle that I've tried to sell cheap a few times.
Multihdrdr- any progress with the Fat Bob trees? I'm surprised you haven't told phog what he needs to make this project work.
Phog, Multi is pretty much the hdforums wheel and axle expert in here-he helped sort out my wife's sportster wheel sizing among other things.
The guy in the above post put street bob wheels on his switchback-scroll to post #31, Same size wheels as a super glide. Its totaly doable. Phog, to answer your above question-You can use 1" or 25mm axle with your Switchback fork sliders. If your eventually going to go with a wider wheel up front, I bet a touring wheel would bolt right in. They're easy and cheap to come buy. I have one in my garage that excepts 1" axle that I've tried to sell cheap a few times.
Multihdrdr- any progress with the Fat Bob trees? I'm surprised you haven't told phog what he needs to make this project work.
Phog, Multi is pretty much the hdforums wheel and axle expert in here-he helped sort out my wife's sportster wheel sizing among other things.
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I think if you use a SG wheel you will need to space the brake rotor out because the SG has a narrower hub for the Mid-Glide trees, there are kits for this I believe. IMO, I think if you have access to a wheel truer, to could use a spoke wheel off a Heritage (if you can get one), have it trued (if needed) for the Switchback and with the correct spacers the rotor should line up and would be the better way to go. I have a softail hub on my bike, but don't have the Switchback front end (yet).
Last edited by blueangel73; Jan 17, 2017 at 07:42 AM.
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I agree with fskitch...you should keep it in one thread.
BTW skitchy, some of this from the sportster section may be interesting...
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/sport...l#post15842388
BTW skitchy, some of this from the sportster section may be interesting...
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/sport...l#post15842388
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From: killingworth,newcastle upon tyne
Yeah I'm good thanks ,rode through or near harmelen last year on the way to st tropes rally,got the North Shields -Amsterdam ferry then rode through Belgium ........ 450 mile through snow and hailstone the first day and temperatures down to minus one at some points , never been so cold in all my life ...... experiences !!!! .... never again in April !!
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From: killingworth,newcastle upon tyne
Right that's me got all the parts I need so gonna make a start this weekend ,just been out and pulled the switch cables from the frame to get access to the connector plugs !!!! 1 hour later and that's that job done .... sure that's gonna be the hardest part of this job ,very sore fingers and lots of cussing but that's it done ... expecting the rest to be a walk in the park
Cheers guys
Cheers guys