OK, I am looking to buy a lightningstar custom wheel for the front of my bike. In the book they show 2 @ 21", one says 43806-00 for XL and FXD type bikes and 43737-00 for FXST, FXSTD and softail models. My question is, what is the difference? Do they have differnet size axle bearings? The reason I ask is because a friend of mine is selling his that says for the XL and FXD stuff and I want to buy it but am not sure if it will fit on my softail. Can someone please help. If this is same why different number, If won't work, please tell me why or can I make this work with a few simple mods? Thanks in advnace.

 

Someone please help...... What my harley mechanic friend told me is it will work but I will just have to get a spacer for the disc so it will line up with the caliper. Other than that the bearings and all should be the same. Can anyone 2nd that?

 

OK can someone at least answer this.... On the 2003 softailt the axle is 3/4" in the front correct?

 

That is correct. I didn't see the measurement in the service manual so I looked on the J&P catalog (see note at the bottom of the page) http://www.jpcycles.com/catalog/2007...alog/0762.html

 

"one says 43806-00 for XL and FXD type bikes and 43737-00 for FXST, FXSTD and softail models. My question is, what is the difference?"

I think the XL and FXD wheel is for a narrow glide front ends and the FXST softail wheels are for wide glide front ends.

You might want to get a second opinion but I believe you will run into brake rotor fitment complications (OR CHALLENGES DEPENDING ON YOUR POINT OF VIEW) if you try to mix and match the wheel types because the fxd wheels are more narrow than the wide glide wheels.


Thanks,
Haywood