First let me say thank you to everyone that posts on this forum. I have found information on here that I never would have in a manual. I have owned nine bikes over the years but have shyed away from doing most of my own maintenance for fear of messing up. When I bought this bob, armed with the backing of the forum and the shop manual I undertook a complete teardown. Still have a few questions but mostly have it done.Done enough to takeit around the block anyway. So once again thanks to everyone for all their help!
Now to my questions...

1. I have the sidemount plate with the '32 Ford "stop" taillight. It only has two wires. One is for the running light and the other is for the brake. I assume that it uses the mount as the ground. I tested it when I first wired it up and it worked like a charm. After I tightened everything down and tried it again the running light is on but when I press the brake the brake light doesn't work and the running light goes out. It seems like it's grounding itself out. Any help would be appreciated.
2. I have a hard breather line and it contacts the bottom of the gas tank. I know that several people on here have made tank lift brackets and I was wondering if one ofyou would be willing to makea setfor me. I'd make my own but the only tools and metal I have access to are for aircraft aluminum. I only want to lift it enough to clear the breather line. You can see it in the picture. I think just a half inch would probably be enough. We can settle for parts or money as needed.
3. Lastly, when I remounted the rear tire I was a little unsure about how to verify that the alignment is correct. I adjusted the two bolts to eyeball true and it goes down the road straight for the little that I rode it. Is there a way to verify that the alignment is dead on? I'd hate to find out the hard way that it was off!

Thanks in advance for the help.

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3. Lastly, when I remounted the rear tire I was a little unsure about how to verify that the alignment is correct. I adjusted the two bolts to eyeball true and it goes down the road straight for the little that I rode it. Is there a way to verify that the alignment is dead on? I'd hate to find out the hard way that it was off!

Thanks in advance for the help.

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Can't help you with the other 2 questions but this one I'll take a stab it. First off, you may learn more here than you will in a manual but, for things like this, they are clearly covered in the manual so it's a good idea to get one if you don't have it already.

I used to have scans of the pages covering alignment but they got deleted somewhere along they way. It's still kind of an eyeballing process but there's a little more science to it than just using your eyeballs only. On your swingarm, you should see 2 little pinholes a few inches in front of the axle, one on each side. You measure the alignment by measuring the distance between those pinholes and the middle of the axle. Now, I don't guess it matters how you do it but, in the manual it shows that you take a piece of wire (needs to be solid wire of course)and bend it at a 90 degree angle and then put a rubber gromet on the long end. Using one side as a reference, put the short end of the wire in the pinhole and then place the grommet at the point where it centers with the middle of the axle. Then, simply take the wire and put it on the other side to make sure the grommet still centers with the middle of the axle. If it doesn't, adjust accordingly.

Clear as mud?

 

Guess I missed that part. My manual says something about buying a tool from harley and then starts to explain how to use that to figure the geometry. I started to glaze over reading that so I guess that I missed the important part. Thanks.

Just checked by the method you explained and I am off by half an inch! Thanks a bunch for that. Wouldn't have been very safe to ride.

 

No doubt! LOL Do they call it the dyna rear wheel alignment "kit"? hahaha Let me guess, it's $39.95

 

Doesn't say but it does have a part number [:'(]

 

On the rear light. Make sure you havent pinched the brake light wire. Souds like its shorting out when you apply the brake. Take it of and try it again.

Sorry cant help with the tank mount brackets but I am sure someone else on here can.

 

buellrider
Any chance that tail light is an original from a 6v system???
xmarine

 

Might be but I bought it off e-bay so I doubt it's original.

 

dude your show ring... pull that sucker off shoot it black toss it back on! i would use black epoxy paint matches the gloss black powder coat perfect!