Front Wheel Axle
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Front Wheel Axle
I posted this in the Tech forum but no one has responded so I thought I would try here. This should be simple but I cannot figure out why I have a gap in between the spacer and the fork on the front axle? The bike is a 2006 FXST and I just took the wheel off to change to a new tire and upon reassembly, according to the manual, I have this gap left and it will allow the wheel to move about a 3/8 in. What did I do and how do you fix this?
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It could be one of two things. It's the wrong spacer if you can slide it back and forth on the axle, or the axle has a step on it pushing the spacer against the bearing. This is probably the case. Since the axle , spacer and bearings are all pulled to the nut side of the lower the wheel will not move and that space is meaningless. The lower is clamped to the axle near the spacer to unitize the whole thing on the other side. If you can't spin the spacer, you're golden.
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