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I should say up front that I live in rural southern Virginia and there aren't any indy Harley shops near by where I live. There used to be a great one but he passed away a few years ago.
The left side of my front wheel has the brake rotor on it and no spacer. The right side does seem to have a spacer on it.
I recall a mention of a hole somewhere. Would FLH fork legs have that?
Left front wheel. Right front wheel top. Right front wheel bottom.
It would go on the side with the brake. It's a matter of the wheel/rotor having the hole, not the front end. Any front end can accept it. I can take a photo of the one I just did tomorrow.
Looking at the Left side, I am seeing?? what a Caliper carrier? or a Spacer
Ya need to have a Spacer in play to be replaced by the Speedo drive unit..
If you used the right side [do-able] you probably gonna loose the Hubcap, which is also a Spacer, and replace with a Drive unit off of a Late '80's Bagger.. and... good thing the Axle "step" will help ya overcome any small differences in spacer length..
If I get a Chance, I'll look at my "crap" sometime today... What did you say that front end is? Year?
Edit ... got it... '76 with Banana caliper..That has to be a Spacer... [look in your Parts book at pn41594-73, and therefore the best option using a Rotor Like Sebak is showing... which may already be on it if it has ever had the rotor replaced...
I'll still try to Mock one up, on my '74.. Same Same...
Last edited by Racepres; Feb 11, 2018 at 08:38 AM.
Looking at the Left side, I am seeing?? what a Caliper carrier? or a Spacer
Ya need to have a Spacer in play to be replaced by the Speedo drive unit..
If you used the right side [do-able] you probably gonna loose the Hubcap, which is also a Spacer, and replace with a Drive unit off of a Late '80's Bagger.. and... good thing the Axle "step" will help ya overcome any small differences in spacer length..
If I get a Chance, I'll look at my "crap" sometime today... What did you say that front end is? Year?
Edit ... got it... '76 with Banana caliper..That has to be a Spacer... [look in your Parts book at pn41594-73, and therefore the best option using a Rotor Like Sebak is showing... which may already be on it if it has ever had the rotor replaced...
I'll still try to Mock one up, on my '74.. Same Same...
77 right side drive 90s FL Softail left side drive
^^^
But... There is Little reason to Confuse the Issue with a NarrowGlide Setup... decidedly Not apples to Apples... Barely Fruit to Fruit in fact..
If I'm not mistaken the last two [bigglide front end] shots are a Softail?? or did you go with the PM adapter for the Banana replacement... and chrome the lowers????
Last edited by Racepres; Feb 11, 2018 at 10:01 AM.
It's from a softail. early 90's or late 80's. That is the front end that replaced the superglide front end on this particular bike I'm fixing. Being that the wheel and drive gear are the limiting factors I think the two front ends are at least in the fruit realm. Maybe only in the tomato sense....
It's from a softail. early 90's or late 80's. That is the front end that replaced the superglide front end on this particular bike I'm fixing. Being that the wheel and drive gear are the limiting factors I think the two front ends are at least in the fruit realm. Maybe only in the tomato sense....
I agree the softail and FL are related... I do Not agree the Narrowglide is any Influence, except that it too uses a Front wheel Speedo Drive.
Matters Not... Anything to Help show how it is Done is Better than BS... Like they say... Pictures, or it didn't happen!!!
I just double checked the rotor side of my front wheel and there is no spacer there. What looks to be a spacer is the GMA caliper that has the axle going through it. This appears to be the caliper I have:
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