It's a second generation -- '95 NH 750 -- drift to the left is also troubling to me (!)
On Jul 23, 11:20 pm, Dennis Hammerl <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
