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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 03:11 PM
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Real quick question,

What size is the front axel of the touring models? not the length, rather the diameter.

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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 03:51 PM
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They're 1 inch on the late models from around '01 or '02. They were 3/4" earlier like the softails.
 
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 03:53 PM
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cool man, thanks. I am wanting to put a set of sliders from a touring bike on my fatboy and wanted to make sure the axel was the same...
 
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cool man, thanks. I am wanting to put a set of sliders from a touring bike on my fatboy and wanted to make sure the axel was the same...
The axle may be the same but I don't think the sliders are the same on a Softail vs. E-Glide.[sm=ummmmokay.gif]
You may want to confirm this.
 
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 04:05 PM
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Well, I also just realized that the front fender on the O7 FB's are off set and it will cause way too much of a headache. Oh Well! that's an afternoon I have to ride!

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What size is the front axel
Is this just a test? OK, I'll take the test. What we have here, is a failure to communicate. It's AXLE, if anyone cares...probably no one does, in this "enlightened" day and time.......whatever. Government schools....gotta' love 'em.
 
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Old Aug 7, 2007 | 08:15 PM
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Yeah, it's axle, but why hassle a guy over that? I should have known better than to even post an answer. These days arrogant know it all yuppies ride Harleys and ridicule guys who have been riding and wrenching for many years. Take a pill, man!
 
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That's ok...I guess I am an idiot since I can't spell axle correctly...but he is right about the government schools, except for the government that thought my early education was the German government and not the US...and in Germany you would spell AXLE, A X E L...since phonetically that is how it sounds.

I guess I will spellcheck everything from now on since we have the spelling police...

 
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That's ok...I guess I am an idiot since I can't spell axle correctly...but he is right about the government schools, except for the government that thought my early education was the German government and not the US...and in Germany you would spell AXLE, A X E L...since phonetically that is how it sounds.

I guess I will spellcheck everything from now on since we have the spelling police...

Don't sweat the small stuff. No one really gives a rats azz if you don't spell it right. And for those that do, it must be an **** retentive thing.
 
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