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When I changed to a Wideglide front end on my daughter's Super Glide it had some head shake about 70 and above. I thought I needed to tighten the head bearings to cure it but as it turned out they were already to tight so when I started loosening them it turned into a super handling bike. Checked the fall away after and it was spot on. So being too tight can also cause the same handling problems
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Thanks edit brain for the video, i searched prior to adjusting but didint have any luck. And thanks U-234, i'll monitor how the bike is traveling down a straight way and adjust accordingly.
here's a scanned page out of the manual (
) that shows what you loosen on the fork (bear in mind the stem cap unscrews, and you only loosen the lower triple clamp pinch bolts)
here's a scanned page out of the manual (
) that shows what you loosen on the fork (bear in mind the stem cap unscrews, and you only loosen the lower triple clamp pinch bolts)
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Yeah, I think it won't matter cause you find the center and measure from there. If the bike is off level when you find the center/balancing point of the front end it may not be pointed perfectly straight but it won't matter, your adjustment will be the tension on the bearing and not whether your pointed perfectly straight. Obviously if the bike is waaaay off level that would be different. That's my take on it anyway...
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Yeah, I think it won't matter cause you find the center and measure from there. If the bike is off level when you find the center/balancing point of the front end it may not be pointed perfectly straight but it won't matter, your adjustment will be the tension on the bearing and not whether your pointed perfectly straight. Obviously if the bike is waaaay off level that would be different. That's my take on it anyway...
Yeah, I probably have been over-thinking it. It's been known to happen. I appreciate you both clarifying.
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