Very good. That was an incidental because it was a good time to perform the check. Better to find a problem now and not later. Twisting the fork tubes and such are more to the point. While you have a small deviation from correct, it makes it harder to find the exact flaw. I do expect the fork tubes to be somewhat flexed. Another thought that passed through is a misplaced spacer on the front axle. The purpose of all this is to return it to a near perfect alignment in two planes. Yours is off in both. That's what is leading me to flexed fork tubes. When this is reassembled, there will be a sequence of operations to insure alignment. I've found over the years that a good many people will replace a tire and neglect the fine points of assembly. Go slow and be methodical.
________________________________ From: Snookfever <[email protected]> To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers! <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, January 19, 2010 10:25:40 PM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: alignment further Dennis: Smooth as glass left to right and no movement up and down. Will check the brake calipers and front axle towmorrow. Glen On Jan 17, 4:52 pm, Dennis Hammerl <[email protected]> wrote: > This should keep you busy for a while. Get back to me. > > ________________________________ > From: Snookfever <[email protected]> > To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers! <[email protected]> > Sent: Sun, January 17, 2010 1:28:23 PM > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: alignment > > Dennis: > > Test results are as you predicted. The front wheel is not square and > it is not centered when compared to the rear. Off aligment by about > +/- 3/8 inch and out of square by +/- 1/8 inch. Tires were 10 lbs low > on air. No signs of front end damage or repair. Please note I > replaced the fork seals when I first got it and completely > dissasembled both forks . The shop manual doesnot specify a the fork > placement (height) in the clamps. The are currently 3/8 inch (fork > tube not including cap) above the top clamp same for both sides. > > What next? > > Glen > > On Jan 15, 11:52 pm, Dennis Hammerl <[email protected]> wrote:> Start here > Glen. > > > alignment.doc > > 29KViewDownload > > -- > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > further checks.doc > 13KViewDownload -- 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. -- 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.
