Lill helpPicked up a pair of nice rims claimed to fit the shovelhead...but it’s like u need an arbor press to install the axle.
Could run a hone to fix it ..But like to know ifn anyone else has ran into this problem..with after market rims..
‘Its almost always the nut behind the wrench”

 

let's see....you could measure the axle and the bearings in the "nice rims" and see what ya got right?

 

Vernier calipers are your friend.

 

Sometimes you have to sledge hammer them in. Use much force!

 

Get rid of the cheap no fitting china bearings and use Timkens.

 

Not sure you'd want to run a hone around in your wheel bearings, whould ya??? But then I'm not seeing any pics of the wheels or the axle and being a first post I'm gonna throw the troll flag on the field.

 

Couldn’t pass the deal on that auction site, sounds like a common issue, gave Teds in Newburgh a shout...measure?? Lmao

 

If measuring is too difficult or too much of a joke, then by all means have at it on those bearings with your hone. Let us know how it works out, either way.

 

This poster is either gonna be a one-and-done, or provide much entertainment going forward

 

So, this was just the rims??? Will they need hubs laced in??? That would be a wheel.....not a rim.