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Thread: Rear Wheel Alignment? |
pwshadow
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posted July 04, 2012 11:38 AM
Rear Wheel Alignment?
I just spent a long time adjusting my chain. My issue was making sure both sides were even. I spent a long time and got the hash marks on the swing arm as close as I could just by eyeballing it, but I am worried that I might not have gotten it perfect. How accurate does the rear wheel need to be aligned? I don't want to run into any issues later.
  
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Bently
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2012 14r In Blue and no Mods!
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posted July 04, 2012 11:46 AM
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I just spent a long time adjusting my chain. My issue was making sure both sides were even. I spent a long time and got the hash marks on the swing arm as close as I could just by eyeballing it, but I am worried that I might not have gotten it perfect. How accurate does the rear wheel need to be aligned? I don't want to run into any issues later.
Well All I ever do is eyeball the marks the best I can, been doing it that way for years. My buddy does have a tool for doing swingarms that don't have the marks and I have double checked myself with it a couple times and I've always been close enough not to worry about it. I say your fine go out and enjoy a ride!
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pwshadow
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posted July 04, 2012 11:47 AM
Awesome thanks!
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RICH CRAFT 1
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posted July 04, 2012 12:39 PM
it's really not that big a deal as long as it's within a quarter inch. On a stock swing arm. I just go by the marks that are on the arm. On my aftermarket arm, with no notches. I use a adjustable dial indicators, I stick the fixed in the Axel hole, and dial the other end to the back of the swingarm. on a flat slick I have adjusted as much as a quarter inch out to make the bike go straight.
Ken
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zx12mark
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posted July 04, 2012 01:04 PM
buy a line rite and be done with it.................... jump on it.i paid 100 for mine
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sims-Rohm-Wheel-Alignment-Tool-/160837583161?hash=item2572aac139&item=160837583161&pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr#ht_500wt_949
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Bently
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posted July 04, 2012 01:27 PM
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buy a line rite and be done with it.................... jump on it.i paid 100 for mine
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sims-Rohm-Wheel-Alignment-Tool-/160837583161?hash=item2572aac139&item=160837583161&pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr#ht_500wt_949
Or put your 100 bucks in the tank and enjoy the ride that's not needed with an arm with alignment marks.
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Wheelie
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Old Man
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posted July 04, 2012 01:29 PM
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buy a line rite and be done with it.................... jump on it.i paid 100 for mine
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sims-Rohm-Wheel-Alignment-Tool-/160837583161?hash=item2572aac139&item=160837583161&pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr#ht_500wt_949
Or put your 100 bucks in the tank and enjoy the ride that's not needed with an arm with alignment marks.
lol, ya think?
wee
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GREYHOUNDMOSES
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posted July 04, 2012 01:53 PM
If my marks were anymore wrong they would start to become more right!!!
After having the wheels laser aligned, with one side bang on the mark, the other was right between two!!!
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Bueller
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posted July 04, 2012 05:35 PM
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it's really not that big a deal as long as it's within a quarter inch. On a stock swing arm. I just go by the marks that are on the arm. On my aftermarket arm, with no notches. I use a adjustable dial indicators, I stick the fixed in the Axel hole, and dial the other end to the back of the swingarm. on a flat slick I have adjusted as much as a quarter inch out to make the bike go straight.
Ken
good.. now i dont feel so funny when my friends look at me weird for using calipers lol
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