Easy Alignment Tool
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Easy Alignment Tool
I was frustrated with the HD manual method of setting my rear alignment so I came up with these simple cheap items to make it easier, and more exact. I have a written explanation of the items and how I used them in my Tools and Tips album, just go to my profile at
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/membe...reference.html
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/membe...reference.html
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You might want to check out Mud's version if you feel like making one.
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/6967986-post1552.html
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/6967986-post1552.html
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You might want to check out Mud's version if you feel like making one. https://www.hdforums.com/forum/6967986-post1552.html
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Update Even better and cheaper
Even better and even cheaper.
I looked at MUD's tool (which is neat like everything he does) so I figured the axle nuts must have the same flared diameter. So after I had gotten alignment dead on with the magnet method to center of nuts, I then checked the distance on each side from alignment hole to outer circumference of the axle nuts. They are exactly the same dia on each side so you can just use anything to measure them. I now use a brass welding rod with a plastic tie cut to a point I can stick in the alignment hole.
Seems like this is the method H.D. should have illustrated. It's a straight measurement.
I looked at MUD's tool (which is neat like everything he does) so I figured the axle nuts must have the same flared diameter. So after I had gotten alignment dead on with the magnet method to center of nuts, I then checked the distance on each side from alignment hole to outer circumference of the axle nuts. They are exactly the same dia on each side so you can just use anything to measure them. I now use a brass welding rod with a plastic tie cut to a point I can stick in the alignment hole.
Seems like this is the method H.D. should have illustrated. It's a straight measurement.
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Axle Alignment
Damn, I just use a piece of a coat hanger with a couple of bends in it...I thought it was a cheap and easy as they come.
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I use the two pieces of wire coathanger also - one for each side - the 90 degree bend goes into the little alignment hold and the end of the straight end indicates the center of the axle nut (one for each side). No fuss, no muss.
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I never could get a perfect 90% bend on that method, although I was doing it with a 1/8" welding rod that was stiffer. A coat hange might have been easier to control.
But in any case I have found (at least on my Dyna) that the dia. of the axle flare nuts are identical so you don't need a bend, just measure straight from the hole to the outermost edge of the nut flare.
But in any case I have found (at least on my Dyna) that the dia. of the axle flare nuts are identical so you don't need a bend, just measure straight from the hole to the outermost edge of the nut flare.
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