WHEEL ALIGNMENT PROBLEM !
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WHEEL ALIGNMENT PROBLEM !
I know this will have been asked before but I have just removed my back wheel to get the puncture fixedand was just thinking that there does not seem to be any increment marks on the swinging arm to re align it when I put it back on .
Is there a simple way without specialist tools that I can check and align the rear when I get it back on ???
Help would be very much appreciated.
Did a mod on the rear light which I think has worked well and will post details later tonight.
Thanks
Is there a simple way without specialist tools that I can check and align the rear when I get it back on ???
Help would be very much appreciated.
Did a mod on the rear light which I think has worked well and will post details later tonight.
Thanks
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RE: WHEEL ALIGNMENT PROBLEM !
Tartan,
Didn't do anything different when I put my sprocket cover on as far as putting the rear wheel back on. If you didn't touch the adjusters, then the wheel should go right back on as it came off. Am I missing something else??
Didn't do anything different when I put my sprocket cover on as far as putting the rear wheel back on. If you didn't touch the adjusters, then the wheel should go right back on as it came off. Am I missing something else??
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there is a tool you can make easily. straighten out a wire coat hanger. put a right angle bend of about 1 1/2 inches in one end. place the end of the bend in the center of the axle and mark the forward end of the wire at the swing arm pivot bolt center. now measure the other side the same way. adjust one side or other until they are equal and the belt is adjusted properly.
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There is also a small hole in the swingarm directly in front of the axle on both sides. You can stick the 90 degree bend in that hole and mark where the axle bolt is. The manual suggests this method, it recommends a 1/8" welding rod bent at a 90 with a small o-ring to act as a slider to mark the location of the axle.
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RE: WHEEL ALIGNMENT PROBLEM !
Here's the tool to make T2.
Or, useany other common sense method.
mud
Or, useany other common sense method.
mud
ORIGINAL: TARTAN2
I know this will have been asked before but I have just removed my back wheel to get the puncture fixedand was just thinking that there does not seem to be any increment marks on the swinging arm to re align it when I put it back on .
Is there a simple way without specialist tools that I can check and align the rear when I get it back on ???
Help would be very much appreciated.
Did a mod on the rear light which I think has worked well and will post details later tonight.
Thanks
I know this will have been asked before but I have just removed my back wheel to get the puncture fixedand was just thinking that there does not seem to be any increment marks on the swinging arm to re align it when I put it back on .
Is there a simple way without specialist tools that I can check and align the rear when I get it back on ???
Help would be very much appreciated.
Did a mod on the rear light which I think has worked well and will post details later tonight.
Thanks
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Mud, That's a good picture and a nice job on the tool and illustration, also.
My only question is: Is the hand an optional accessory, or does it come with the tool. It's not like you'd be givin your "right arm"
Talk about about giving a bro a hand..................
On a serious note; have you ever considered writing an illustrated guide on the basic wrenching procedures, maybe for profit?
DougJ
My only question is: Is the hand an optional accessory, or does it come with the tool. It's not like you'd be givin your "right arm"
Talk about about giving a bro a hand..................
On a serious note; have you ever considered writing an illustrated guide on the basic wrenching procedures, maybe for profit?
DougJ
ORIGINAL: mudpuddle
Here's the tool to make T2.
Or, useany other common sense method.
mud
Here's the tool to make T2.
Or, useany other common sense method.
mud
ORIGINAL: TARTAN2
I know this will have been asked before but I have just removed my back wheel to get the puncture fixedand was just thinking that there does not seem to be any increment marks on the swinging arm to re align it when I put it back on .
Is there a simple way without specialist tools that I can check and align the rear when I get it back on ???
Help would be very much appreciated.
Did a mod on the rear light which I think has worked well and will post details later tonight.
Thanks
I know this will have been asked before but I have just removed my back wheel to get the puncture fixedand was just thinking that there does not seem to be any increment marks on the swinging arm to re align it when I put it back on .
Is there a simple way without specialist tools that I can check and align the rear when I get it back on ???
Help would be very much appreciated.
Did a mod on the rear light which I think has worked well and will post details later tonight.
Thanks
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RE: WHEEL ALIGNMENT PROBLEM !
ORIGINAL: DougsDyna
Mud, That's a good picture and a nice job on the tool and illustration, also.
My only question is: Is the hand an optional accessory, or does it come with the tool. It's not like you'd be givin your "right arm"
Talk about about giving a bro a hand..................
On a serious note; have you ever considered writing an illustrated guide on the basic wrenching procedures, maybe for profit?
DougJ
Mud, That's a good picture and a nice job on the tool and illustration, also.
My only question is: Is the hand an optional accessory, or does it come with the tool. It's not like you'd be givin your "right arm"
Talk about about giving a bro a hand..................
On a serious note; have you ever considered writing an illustrated guide on the basic wrenching procedures, maybe for profit?
DougJ
ORIGINAL: mudpuddle
Here's the tool to make T2.
Or, useany other common sense method.
mud
Here's the tool to make T2.
Or, useany other common sense method.
mud
I would throw the hand in on the deal,
but I'm attached to it.
A book?? I'm writing one now on ornamental stucco,
been working on it for ten years.
If you wanna edit and promote one for this sort of thing,
I'll get to writing.
mud
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ORIGINAL: mudpuddle
Thanks for the compliment Doug.
I would throw the hand in on the deal,
but I'm attached to it.
A book?? I'm writing one now on ornamental stucco,
been working on it for ten years.
If you wanna edit and promote one for this sort of thing,
I'll get to writing.
mud
ORIGINAL: DougsDyna
Mud, That's a good picture and a nice job on the tool and illustration, also.
My only question is: Is the hand an optional accessory, or does it come with the tool. It's not like you'd be givin your "right arm"
Talk about about giving a bro a hand..................
On a serious note; have you ever considered writing an illustrated guide on the basic wrenching procedures, maybe for profit?
DougJ
Mud, That's a good picture and a nice job on the tool and illustration, also.
My only question is: Is the hand an optional accessory, or does it come with the tool. It's not like you'd be givin your "right arm"
Talk about about giving a bro a hand..................
On a serious note; have you ever considered writing an illustrated guide on the basic wrenching procedures, maybe for profit?
DougJ
ORIGINAL: mudpuddle
Here's the tool to make T2.
Or, useany other common sense method.
mud
Here's the tool to make T2.
Or, useany other common sense method.
mud
I would throw the hand in on the deal,
but I'm attached to it.
A book?? I'm writing one now on ornamental stucco,
been working on it for ten years.
If you wanna edit and promote one for this sort of thing,
I'll get to writing.
mud
Could do a maintence calendar kinda thing, or a booklet based on the routine mileage maintenance checks (step by step).
Like I said, lots of pictures.
BTW, How is that Stucco book coming along?? I seem to rember you mentioning some time ago in one of you posts.
DougJ
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