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Old Mar 26, 2016 | 09:41 AM
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So I never paid attention to it before, but after the new tires, my front wheel is not centered in the fender. May have very well been like that before and never caught my attention. It is offset to the right just slightly, but enough to catch the concerning eye. Spacers only go one way and brake caliper slid right back on over the disc, so it has to be right. There's really no way to screw up putting it on. It'll only go one way. Can you guys look at your slim front end and see if it's the same on yours? Someone post a pic for me of the front end from straight on with maybe a close up of the right side of the axle? Thanks guys.
 
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Old Mar 26, 2016 | 09:51 AM
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That's the way they come. I machined the spacers on the Train so it did center when I put the long fender on.
 
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Old Mar 26, 2016 | 10:17 AM
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I'm dealing with the same issue...I had my back trued to line up with the back fender I'm going to do the same to my front, or you can do the spacers
 
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Wonder if this is why my bike pulls left? Always has. New tires didn't alter that...has pulled from day one. But it's extremely, extremely, slight and only noticeable with no hands on the bars. You cannot feel the pull with any hands on the bars and the pull is controllable with body position. Just have to counter balance it.

One issue I don't have on my bike that I've seen before on Slims is the rear wheel not being centered on Slims; mine is dead center.
 
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