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Is it normal for the rear wheel to be off center? (Read 799 times)
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08/06/19 at 08:24:51
Or even a bent fender...
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08/06/19 at 21:39:02
I have a 140/90/15 Shinko 230 tyre on the rear and it is in the center of the fender with no rubbing at all. Big improvement on the stock IRC tyre BTW.
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08/06/19 at 23:55:52
Is it conceivable that the passenger peg bolts could be an issue? On mine, the right side is pretty close so I inspect it often to make sure its not backing out. The left has a lot more room but you never know.
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08/07/19 at 06:11:27
Have you removed the upper belt guard? the rear support is also the spacer/washer? behind the lower shock mount, if the guard is removed ,it needs to be replaced with a washer of the same thickness ,or when you tighten the axle it could draw the wheel( and the swing arm) to the left do to misalignment of the shock.
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08/07/19 at 06:42:01
Thank you all for checking your bikes and for tips about what parts to check.
It's absolutely possible that the fender is at least part of the problem. I don't know how to properly verify this.
I will try to figure out which bolt it is that makes contact with the tire. I guess it should be visible with a flashlight. If it has touched the tire I'm thinking it must be shinier and more "polished" that the other ones.
The upper belt guard is still in place and has not been removed before to my knowledge but I will try and check what order the bolt and washers go together. Perhaps someone before me has taken it apart and put it back together in the wrong order. I COULD perhaps try and make new spacers to correct the problem but if the issue lies elsewhere I'm afraid I might make things even worse or perhaps make it weird to drive if the front and rear wheel are not aligned.
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08/07/19 at 20:16:04
Then it might pay to check the alignment of the wheel or fender? I would have thought you would have found something amiss buy now.
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08/07/19 at 23:01:34
Apologies for not letting you know that my bike is parked in my workshop that is almost 25 miles from where I live so I have somewhat limited time and more importantly skill/knowledge to fix this so it will probably take me this winter to figure out where the problem lies and how to fix it. All easily checked things like spacers and washers are controlled and can be crossed of the list. That's about as far as I have come.
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08/08/19 at 03:06:41
When you get a chance. Have someone sit on your bike to load the suspension, and you look. That might allow the problem to come to light.
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08/08/19 at 14:16:45
The Savage goes almost anywhere is you remove the handle bars , It would make a really ugly coffee table ,but would allow you to save the 50 mile round trip ,and you could work on it in odd hours , watching tour favorite TV shows
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01/15/20 at 04:39:25
Just got a lift in my workshop so I can hoist it up a little bit and yesterday I took a picture from behind as centered as I could get. It looks like the entire rear swing arm is slightly shifted to the left. My plan is to replace the rear wheel since the belt pulley is worn down so I will probably be able to take better pictures in a while.
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01/15/20 at 06:26:11
It's more likely that the fender is shifted right.
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01/15/20 at 08:57:44
Could be an optical illusion, but compared against the horns, you're definitely shifted left.
And in stock form, it should be shifted right.
Check your spacers, fat one on the left (it fits the seal), skinny on the Right.
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01/15/20 at 10:37:41
Look at your photo with the line that I have attached. The line starts at the steering stem, goes through the center of the tank, the center of the frame, and then the center of the tire. What is out of whack the "sissy bar" or whatever you want to call that contraption. It's clearly cocked to the right, taking the fender with it. Note that the wire through-hole at the center of the fender is right of center.
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01/15/20 at 11:56:14
Very difficult to make that assessment from a picture that taken slightly out of alignment with the center of the bike.
That line does not bisect the risers and the signals aren't centered by the tank.
the Rectifier is just about centered in the horns, but the line is very off center.
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01/15/20 at 12:23:13
I don't know what the horns are...the only horn I'm aware of has a button on the left grip.
Anyway. The subframe is obviously tweaked. If the swingarm was moved over to the left, the bike would have some serious control problems and would show significant wear on one side of the tire. That tire looks darn near perfect to me.
If the frame was bent enough for the swingarm to be out of alignment, then nothing on the bike would align (like engine to frame) and the bike should be totaled.
It's possible that the axle spacers were placed in the axle incorrectly, but then the bike would show uneven wear on the final drive belt...the belt probably wouldn't even stay on the bike.
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