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Old Sep 30, 2012 | 10:49 PM
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Default Thunder star does not fit

Bought a new Thunder star wheel for my 2002 Road King. Put it on, every thing seamed fine until I spun the wheel to clean it and it was hard to spin. Removed the calipers and wheel spun forever. I am reuseing the stock rotors. There is 1/8" difference in the gap between the rotors which is causing drag.
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Old Sep 30, 2012 | 11:39 PM
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Have a p/n? Sounds like they are of the 1999 and down flavor? On my '95 sporty you see n the pic below, I had to machine off approx 1/8" from the 2000 and up hub to allow the rotor and pads to center up.
 

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