Got another nail in rear tire of 2008 Street Bob and I'm done with the tubes - - bought a Duna oem switchblade style cast wheel (hd 40900198) off 2014 Street Bob Special FXDBB thinking it would be plug n play since both are 17 x 4.5, and wheel assy components match with one exception: abs sensor vs right axle spacer.

Before installing the wheel I checked the axle sleeve (43905-08) thru the hub, found normal fitment on disc side but sprocket side opening is way bigger ~ a good 3/8" of free play on the sleeve. Does it need a shim kit?......any help appreciated.


sleeve fitment (disc side)

sleeve fitment (sprocket side)

 

The answer should be "No" to needing a Shim,
but ...
are you referring to excessive sleeve play axially (side to side)? or radially (up and down on the pulley side)?



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Thanks for the response Multi. yes its radial play - 360 degrees on pulley side, gobs of it. To illustrate the difference in diameters of the hub openings I placed a 1.25" black ring (see pics) against both the disc and pulley side. The ring won't drop into the disc side of hub but easily drops into the pulley side.


Ring too large to drop into hub DISC SIDE

Ring easily drops into hub PULLEY SIDE

Ring drops into interior of hub from PULLEY SIDE

 

No problem, you're good to go ...

The center spacer sleeve has to have O.D. clearance, yours just has quite a bit on one side (that's the way it was made) ... no harm. If it had a lot of clearance on both sides then the only thing that could cause (but not necessarily so) would to be to make it more difficult to push through the axle if the sleeve "hole" dropped down too much below the bearing "hole" (not inline). When the axle passes through the bearing/spacers assy then even that difficulty is moot

BTW, (if you didn't know) that sleeve doesn't move or rotate. The wheel rotates around the "fixed" Stack-up of the axle/sleeve/inner-bearing-race assy


EDIT: Also make sure you follow the correct installation sequence ...
- install and "Bottom" 1st on the Brake disc side
- Insert spacer sleeve
- install 2nd bearing (pulley side) until just contacts spacer sleeve




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Multi - you were right. Once the 1st bearing was in, the sleeve stood up straight n centered. dont know why i couldn't wrap my head around that....... . i froze the bearings and heated the hub but took my time. They spin easily and just touch the sleeve. Thank you for the advice and reassurance!