Wheel spacer question
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Tourer
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From: lowell mass
Wheel spacer question
How's it going i have a2003 softail standard I am in the process of putting a fatboy ft end on bike when I tryed to mount the wheel the spacers don't fit
Upon further research I find the fat boy ft end is 1/2 " narrower then the stock
Standard front end so my question is ,is it as simple as getting 2 new spacers that are
1/4 inch shorter then the stock ones to make up for the 1/2 diffrence?
Upon further research I find the fat boy ft end is 1/2 " narrower then the stock
Standard front end so my question is ,is it as simple as getting 2 new spacers that are
1/4 inch shorter then the stock ones to make up for the 1/2 diffrence?
Cruiser
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Yeah, it's pretty much that simple. You want to set the wheel in place and make sure the rotor lines up nicely inside the brake - eyeball the wheel and if it's centered then 1/4 (or whatever) on both sides - if not it might be a tad longer on one side that the other.
I'm guessing that it will fit.
I'm guessing that it will fit.
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From: san antonio
If I were you, I would get some washers of the appropriate ID and a stack that is approximately 1/4" shorter than the OEM spacer; you could pieces of PVC in lieu of washers; use a tubing cutter to make sure the ends of the PVC spacer are square. Mock up the front end with the caliper removed, axle torqued to spec and the wheel centered; you may have to add/take away from the washer stack or length of the PV spacer. Then try to install the caliper and if the rotor centers up in the caliper; you know the spacer length you need. If the rotor doesn't align with the caliper, measure the distance between dead center of the caliper and rotor; that's the adjustment you will have to make and you will know that the wheel is not dead center between the forks by that same dimension. If the adjustment is minor, say .100" and can be accommodated by moving the caliper toward the wheel, I have shimmed calipers to get dead center alignment between the caliper and rotor.
There is a website that sells a pack of aluminum spacers of varying lengths; I can't find the link just now. The OEM spacers are very hard metal and difficult to cut down on lathe; a heavy shop lathe is required. Even with a heavy shop lathe, the cuts are small. Aluminum will machine quick and easy; if I can find the link, I will post it. Any machine shop could also machine spacers to your specifications.
There is a website that sells a pack of aluminum spacers of varying lengths; I can't find the link just now. The OEM spacers are very hard metal and difficult to cut down on lathe; a heavy shop lathe is required. Even with a heavy shop lathe, the cuts are small. Aluminum will machine quick and easy; if I can find the link, I will post it. Any machine shop could also machine spacers to your specifications.
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