sisson16 |
03-13-2014 12:06 AM |
Wide Glide front wheel not centered
Just switched my wheels out for a set of Southern MCs and i decided to go wider in the front with a 3.5x21 running a 120/70 tire.
When I mounted the wheel it looked off center, but i thought it was because of the fender being smaller, I was working graveyards and tired, and the rotor lined up in the caliper so I didnt do any measuring then i just blew it off. Well I went out there tonite to do some measuring for a wrap fender and decided to measure fender mounting points to lip of rim, and sure enough its off. It sits about a 1/4" to the brake side. Like I said the disc lines up in the caliper and the caliper is mounted to the fork leg, but is this normal when switching to a wider rim?
Can this cause any issues? Bad tire wear? Anything..
Because of the wheel being shifted over the the right more the fender sits lower on the tire, enough to knock all the new tire hairs off on that side.
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