rear tire offset cure
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rear tire offset cure
After reading countless threads about how and why the dyna rear tires are not centered under the rear fender and worrying myself sick about how crappy it looked, I decided I couldn't take it anymore. My tire was really bad almost out of the fender to the left.
I checked the alignment, mounts and everything else until I was blue in the face with no problems found. So I ended up taking the rear fender off completely, took the shocks off, the rear frame strut chrome covers, figure out what needed to be done and how much by trial and error fitting of loose fender between struts.
I removed my floor jack handle from the jack, slid it on the ends of the rear frame struts as far as it would go and simply moved (ok bent)both of them, the left side substantially left giving my fender room to be repositioned and adjusted properly. I reinstalled the fender and everything else tightened back up from front to rear paying attention and making sure the fender was perfectly centered over the tire.
It is perfectly centered now, still rides and handles great and I can stop worrying about frame and powertrain alignment issues that simply were not there. AS to why it was so far off, I have no idea as I bought the bike used but it always rode good so I didn't think there was anything major wrong with it.
I checked the alignment, mounts and everything else until I was blue in the face with no problems found. So I ended up taking the rear fender off completely, took the shocks off, the rear frame strut chrome covers, figure out what needed to be done and how much by trial and error fitting of loose fender between struts.
I removed my floor jack handle from the jack, slid it on the ends of the rear frame struts as far as it would go and simply moved (ok bent)both of them, the left side substantially left giving my fender room to be repositioned and adjusted properly. I reinstalled the fender and everything else tightened back up from front to rear paying attention and making sure the fender was perfectly centered over the tire.
It is perfectly centered now, still rides and handles great and I can stop worrying about frame and powertrain alignment issues that simply were not there. AS to why it was so far off, I have no idea as I bought the bike used but it always rode good so I didn't think there was anything major wrong with it.
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The seat would have moved very very little, if any.
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Believe it or not, nothing at all seems out of whack, just the tire centered like I wanted it in the fenderwell. Seat, backrest, lights all seem normal fit as before. You can't even tell I bent them and I did quite a bit bend them.
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Mine is not out of line......looks perfectly centered to me....
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Road Warrior
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Most Dynas I have seen have the rear tire closer to the right side, mine included. Of course this only happens when it's on the side stand. The engine is rubber mounted and the rear swingarm is attached to the engine/transmission. When the bike is not on the stand it is perfectly centered. I'm sure yours looks centered now after you bent the struts. Unfortunately it will be off center when it's off the stand. At least you can't see it while you are riding.
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