This is what model ? Late 750 ? I can take you through the whole process, but it is rather long. The drift to left is troubling. ( stop me...) Next is off-site.
--- On Thu, 7/23/09, surfswab <[email protected]> wrote: From: surfswab <[email protected]> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Need some expert axle advice To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, July 23, 2009, 10:43 PM My liability is limited to my own neck, but since I'm fond of it, I prefer the holistic approach. I got into this originally because of two related issues. The first was that the previous owner had apparently removed the wheel to install a new tire. When he replaced the axle, he left off the outside right spacer which allowed the wheel to slide left and right on the axle, which buggered up the bearings. The second issue was the new tire was too tall which caused it to scrape against the fender as the wheel flopped back and forth on the axle. As you can imagine, the bike also steered hard, especially to the left. What I've done in chasing a solution, is rebuild the axle assembly (axle, both bearings, speedo gear housing, seals and spacers) and replace the tire with a stock size Avon. Though handling is improved immensely, it still has a lingering slight tendency to steer left, not severely but noticeable whenever I relax my grip on the bars. My thinking is that this is a third issue, unrelated to the first two. I've not gotten into the rear wheel other than to check the chain adjusters. They are set to identical specs on both sides. I plan sometime in the next couple weeks to replace the rear tire, so I'll be looking closely at everything back there. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
