You wont believe this ****.

So I call the dealer and they say the front tire was off center. I ask how is that possible it only has 1 spacer on each side and on the 09 they are equal length. He said "must have been a bad spacer". They said they measured it and its only off center .025".

I pick it up in the dark and ride it home and it feels exactly the same. I put it up on the lift to measure it and find it is still off exactly the same amount it was before .380"

AND.... I see that they removed the factory spacer and replaced it with a random piece of spacer stock that isnt long enough and DOESNT FIT between the wheel and fork leg. What a ****ing joke!










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What a hack job. I hear so many bad stories from dealerships. I'm lucky, my father in law has his own shop, so I know I'm taught right, and things are done right.

 

Those pics are so huge, I can't see them.............. Is it just my 'puter?

 

I see them no problem

 

Garbage, just plain garbage

 

Im pissed!

 

It'll be interesting to hear what the service manager has to say when you point it out to him.

 

I got the Managers and General Mgrs names before I left. Im off tomorrow for a funeral so I will be there right when they open.

 

Let me know who the dealer is so I can avoid going there if I ever need to.

 

Doesn't the left side of the spacer rest against a lip on the axle? It's not supposed to actually touch the fork leg. I think I remember seeing that gap when I used stock axles. Maybe the "gap" your seeing is "normal"? Not sure. If the spacer slides back and forth it's obviously not good, but it might be resting against the lip on the axle and be fine. I'm sure you're going to check.

I don't know how you can get a good measurement front to back if the rear rim is wider. It's rotor has got to be pushed out further than a rotor on the front rim. In other words they will never align straight. I guess... You'd have to measure both sides of the tire-to-tire and compare the distance in width. Something like that.

I'm probably all wrong. Just trying to help. Heck... it's early.

lp