Truing a spoked rim

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Aug 1, 2012 | 07:07 PM

#21

widegliderider

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Fork oil? My Wide Glide got to feelin' squirrely once upon a time, turns out that my leaky fork seal caused it. Fixed the seal, filled it with the proper amount & weight of oil, and all was good.

Aug 1, 2012 | 07:45 PM

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traildog

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Originally Posted by Spanners39

Not at all, the fender acts as a fork brace.

Well, I guess SPANNERS taught me a NEW lesson. THREE of FOUR fender bolts were 3-4 turns loose.

Took a quick ride after I tightened them and the wobble seemed to be GONE.

I'll take a longer ride tomorrow and see if I was just dreaming.........

Thank you Mr. Spanners.............

Aug 1, 2012 | 08:41 PM

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langwilliams

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I don't have a front fender....hummmmm. I have a fiberglass one I was going to slap on to match the 21" front wheel

Aug 1, 2012 | 08:50 PM

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traildog

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I don't have a front fender....hummmmm. I have a fiberglass one I was going to slap on to match the 21" front wheel

No fender? I think if I took mine off, my forks would do the splits..........

Aug 1, 2012 | 11:27 PM

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Thank you Mr. Spanners.............

You're welcome mate!

Oct 14, 2012 | 10:22 AM

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jstdadd

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Originally Posted by traildog

When I start moving on Bertha, it feels like the front wheel is wobbling. The bars even move a bit.

Sounds like the wheel is out of round, right?

What else might cause it?

This happened to me about a year ago; took it to an independent shop I trust. It turned out to be the REAR wheel out of true and wobbling. They sent it out to be fixed.

This week I changed my tire. While I had the old one off I figured I'd clean the spokes and 4 were busted (all in a row.). I'm guessing whoever trued it 'tightened only' without loosening the spokes on the other side. Over 7,000 miles and about 1000 of that two-up, busted those 4 spokes.

I'm replacing them all and doing it myself. The YouTube videos (Oaky) explain it pretty thoroughly.