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@98hotrodfatboy yeah, had a Tiwian 'lifetime' 41mm set of legs and knockoff accutronix wide glide trees. Unknown chrome caliper as well. So back to HD parts, bit mix and match. Much, much better handling and all the weird up front noises are gone. Added bonus the turn signal cancel works again after cleaning up the wiring.
I've got some rust removal and painting to do. Otherwise guess I'll build the motor this winter...just because.
I went with Taiwan Ted's bogus tubes and lowers never again I had way too many problems things were sitting for so long Everything was corroded on the inside.. from now on I'll look for OEM lowers and tubes and go from there... It's the only safe bet..
One of our local shops is having a clear out sale; take offs, blems, dead inventory, what have you. I scored a new fender yesterday, and will go back during the week to take another look at some 16'' front wheels they have. [3/4'' bearing]
I was chasing a torsion issue when applying the front brake, recheck tire pressure,amongst other things. Turned out to be wasted handlebar bushings, rather surprised, but I should have done them when I was putting the front end together. Set of poly's installed and all is well again.
Bolted up the new fender, kind of like the color, now I'm thinking about that. Well, after doing the engine this winter. All this work gave me an idea for a t-shirt, going to get a few made up and give 'em to a brother and couple of friends.
Is that a wide glide front end/triple trees you got on there and if so how did you space the Fatboy fender?
I ask because my dry trees are 10 inch on center where the FLs being a heritage or fat boy or 9 and 1/2-in on center And it looks like you have a fat boy fender there little flare up on the tail, tells the whole tail... lol...
There's 1/16 washers on the throttle side, they fit right into the recesses on the fender quite nicely. The brake side are 1/4 inch spacers from a pile of sporty leftovers, they also fit cleanly in the recess on the fender. Center lines it on the 19 perfectly, for the time being.
The fender was marked FLxxx I think softtail.
Will have to see what happens with whatever rim I pick up this week. They had a few to choose from.
I'll measure up what I have tomorrow and post some more details.
Found a nos 16 rim for the bike. Was looking at a set of used polished rims, but there were issues. So I'll run with this. The rotor will bolt right up , as will a trim piece that covers the 2nd rotor position I'm not using. Might get it all together this weekend.
The old 19'' and the 'new' 16'' are both CCI for the trim piece and rotor crossed right over, easy peasy. I shimmed the wheel to the brake rotor being centered, had to fab a couple parts. Used a belt sander, file and a couple drill bits. Came out respectable, not show quality, but go quality.
One thing I need to figure out is why with the 19 the bike tracked perfect with hands off, and with the 16 if falls left pretty quick. Could be the tire profile (commander iii) being new, guess ill wait and see if it settles.
Had to recenter the fender with 1/8 inch washers at all four points, and shorten the mounting bolts.
Went for a quick ride before the rain came in....i like it!
In a 5/16-24 thread to lower the fender down into the tire and won't need the spacers.. The thickness of the stainless plate is a perfect fit.. It's what I did..
As for the pulling left it's possible it's the tire but I wouldn't be sure..
Looks like their PN-0450 is the link size I need. Elegant solution.
It is.....
The nice thing is that the perforated threaded area fit perfectly into the slider lowers therefore getting the right size socket cap screw length could be used without protruding from the edge of the CF nut..
I also cut down 5/16x24 stainless bolts and slipped a stainless washer between the fender and the CF nut because the OEM Fatboy fenders have a recessed area there and then assembled it all perfectly and used loctite on the bolts..
I thought they came out really nice without being gaudy..
I believe the socket cap screws were 5/16x24 by 1.75" but measure to make sure.. You don't want that bolt going into your fender..
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