breakout wheel on FXCWC
breakout wheel on FXCWC
Ride:
2008 FXCWC
wheel specs
90/90-19 - front
240/40-R18 - Rear
Breakout wheel specs:
130/60B21 - Front
240/40R18 - Rear
Looking at the specs I feel the rear is a direct swap to a breakout wheel but i'm more interested in a front breakout wheel on my rocker.
Is this a direct swap or do I need to change anything to my front end to put the breakout wheel on a FXCWC
2008 FXCWC
wheel specs
90/90-19 - front
240/40-R18 - Rear
Breakout wheel specs:
130/60B21 - Front
240/40R18 - Rear
Looking at the specs I feel the rear is a direct swap to a breakout wheel but i'm more interested in a front breakout wheel on my rocker.
Is this a direct swap or do I need to change anything to my front end to put the breakout wheel on a FXCWC
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There was a recent thread here by someone who did the front. No time to look it up right now. I'm pretty sure he needed to replace everything but the lower legs. Or maybe he was only able to keep one lower leg. Perhaps he'll see this and chime in, or link to that thread.
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I'm the person that was putting a breakout front end on til I found this alternative. Check it out.http://www.bitchinseatstore.net/prod...nd21rocker.htm
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You need wideglide trees to run a Breakout front wheel. The Rocker has a midglide front end. Breakout, or HHI, trees are wideglide with 49mm fork tubes like your Rocker has. Other Softail trees are meant for 41mm tubes.
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This is an old thread but I'll chimme in anyway. 24v is right. You need new trees. I went with HHI 5 degree trees.
The rear wheel is a direct swap, nothing needed there.
You'll need a new fork stop, pro one's will do the job. You don't need to change the top race in the neck when you swap out the trees, just the bottom race with the pro one set up.
The most important thing for me to tell you is that the rocker's lower fork leg on the primary side of the bike is different than the breakout's. So because of that you will not be able to use a breakout's wideglide axle from HD.
This is becuae the wide glide axles on the breakout have a step down in diameter at the very end (where the threads are). The rocker's stock fork leg is not built to accept that step down.
Your option is to 1- spend $400+ on a new breakout lower fork leg. 2- have HHI build you and axle. 3- build a sleeve to put into your rocker's lower left fork leg so that you will be able to use an axle from a breakout.
I initially went with option 2 but those guys at HHI tell me it's gonna be about 2 more weeks ( 1 month total time) before I can get the axle.
So while I wait for them I'm exploring option 3 right now.
Hope this helps.
The rear wheel is a direct swap, nothing needed there.
You'll need a new fork stop, pro one's will do the job. You don't need to change the top race in the neck when you swap out the trees, just the bottom race with the pro one set up.
The most important thing for me to tell you is that the rocker's lower fork leg on the primary side of the bike is different than the breakout's. So because of that you will not be able to use a breakout's wideglide axle from HD.
This is becuae the wide glide axles on the breakout have a step down in diameter at the very end (where the threads are). The rocker's stock fork leg is not built to accept that step down.
Your option is to 1- spend $400+ on a new breakout lower fork leg. 2- have HHI build you and axle. 3- build a sleeve to put into your rocker's lower left fork leg so that you will be able to use an axle from a breakout.
I initially went with option 2 but those guys at HHI tell me it's gonna be about 2 more weeks ( 1 month total time) before I can get the axle.
So while I wait for them I'm exploring option 3 right now.
Hope this helps.
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