Thanks for the info Daggs. I use stainless a lot instead of chrome. More in areas like fenders mounts, bezel fasteners etc. In this case I used stainless for the 2 caliper mounts. I'm pretty sure they will hold fine as its more shear force than direct load on the head such as an engine mount or head both etc. where fastener stretch is a factor. All in all my WG conversion worked out perfectly using my stock wheel fender etc.

By the way, I went with the Mid USA WG replacement tree which is a drop on replacement for the WG tree (2 deg rake) but it is Chrome unlike the MoCo part which is polished Aluminum. It was 300.00. p/n 36252 in the Mid-USA Catalog, page 3.

 

cool, I just used the black fat bob trees on my street bob, they were only $198 and $45 for the axle, I didn't want any extra rake, just the wider fork spacing, so far very happy with it but still waiting for my black Wild 1 outlaw handlebars

 

Tat2u - Where did you order the trees from?

 

Mark at M&M Cycles, couldn't reccommend them highly enough, got te parts in a week and a half and I'm in Australia.

I don't agree with the centre to centre measurments that are on the first page.

Here is what I measured (I have 29 years experience using measuring tool in my trade)

Mid Glide C/C = 8.500" ( 215.80 mm)

Fat Bob (which I beleve is the same as Wide Glide but can't confirm)
9.850" = (250.20 mm)

so Spacers for axles, disc rotor and fender = 17.20 mm wide

I have drawings in my thread about this

 

Thanks for the info.

 

Do you know if the info you provided in this post about spacer size would apply to a 2012 street bob. I plan on using my stock lower sliders. I just picked up FXDF fat bob trees which are wide glide as well as a fxdf axle. Any help given would be greatly appreciated.

 

 

 

I have a touring hub on my 49mm wide glide front end. Multi could confirm but I believe the calipers and rotors line right up when using the Low Rider sliders.

I used Fat Bob sliders because I was ignorant and it caused a few headaches.