87 FXRS on checking end play with dial indicator gauge, what am I trying to do? do I set contact point in center of axel and rotate tire or should I try and move tire side to side or what? I must be slow but I can learn, I just need to know what i'm checking, service manual is not clear to me
thanks GAdog

 

This is the best article I found on it, I just did mine a month ago, it's a bit time consuming but easy to do.


http://www.hdrcgb.org.uk/technical/1...l_bearings.htm

What I did was pull the wheel off and clean the bearings with gasoline and brake cleaner. Then I put the wheel back on the bike with no grease in the bearings. I used the magnetic base on the brake disk and put the dial indicator on the center of the axle. Then I "wiggled" the tire back and forth watching the dial indicater. I had .003 on it and the specs for my bike were .002-.006 so I was in range. Then I pulled the wheel back off and packed the bearings with new grease and put it all back together.

 

thanks for the help brother, Iwill check out the link after football once more thanks for the reply