Front Wheel Spacers..... Grrrr
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Front Wheel Spacers..... Grrrr
I just fell for the "missing" LH spacer trick again
Am I right to believe that although the diagrams show a plain spacer on the LHS when viewed from the saddle it is not actually a loose item like the RH spacer is?
Whenever I remove the front wheel I forget this and start looking for the "missing" spacer. Doh!!
I have done a search of the site and I'm not the first and perhaps to lessen the likelyhood that others will fall into this trap we could confirm this anomoly and the mods could post a sticky for future info.
Am I right to believe that although the diagrams show a plain spacer on the LHS when viewed from the saddle it is not actually a loose item like the RH spacer is?
Whenever I remove the front wheel I forget this and start looking for the "missing" spacer. Doh!!
I have done a search of the site and I'm not the first and perhaps to lessen the likelyhood that others will fall into this trap we could confirm this anomoly and the mods could post a sticky for future info.
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Right again, Futura different on rear only thoughD-Rider wrote:Oh all right then
.... as it's even got Mellow to post up again I guess I'd better.
(could also move it to the technical forum if I felt like it .... but I guess it is Falco specific .... at least I'm not certain that the other Aprilias are the same - bet they are though )
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Yeah, the Futura owners are easily confused so they only put one side on the swinger to make life simpler for them.Futurastic wrote:Right again, Futura different on rear only thoughD-Rider wrote:Oh all right then
.... as it's even got Mellow to post up again I guess I'd better.
(could also move it to the technical forum if I felt like it .... but I guess it is Falco specific .... at least I'm not certain that the other Aprilias are the same - bet they are though )
Run away
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Falcopops wrote:
Yeah, the Futura owners are easily confused so they only put one side on the swinger to make life simpler for them.
Run away
Try taking the wheel of a futura for the first time with no manual
Now theres confusion on a real grand scale.
Cant ever remember having probs with the falco..........
must have been coz it was wan o them fast yeller wans
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You know what, i just did this, and almost started my own topic about it.
Looked at the maunal from martinpoll, saw a spacer in the diagram. I then realised i didnt have a spacer for the lhs disk (from saddle) and began to panic.
Glad i remember seeing this and was able to refer to it!
I bought a paddock stand set from ghostbikes, the rear is fine but the front bent inwards on both sides. the plates which hold the pins were now covering the axle hole at both sides, resulting in me having a nice model of a falco in the garage until i got fed up of looking at it in bits and decided to file away at the metal sheet until i could get the axle in. 7 hours later (no shit) i was able to put the axle in and lower her to the floor. this is when i realised no left spacer!
need to go down and put the axle in all the way, tighten it up and do the pinch bolts. think i will have problems tightening the axle nut and pinch bolts while there is weight on the front wheel?
Thanks for the advice,
Dale
Looked at the maunal from martinpoll, saw a spacer in the diagram. I then realised i didnt have a spacer for the lhs disk (from saddle) and began to panic.
Glad i remember seeing this and was able to refer to it!
I bought a paddock stand set from ghostbikes, the rear is fine but the front bent inwards on both sides. the plates which hold the pins were now covering the axle hole at both sides, resulting in me having a nice model of a falco in the garage until i got fed up of looking at it in bits and decided to file away at the metal sheet until i could get the axle in. 7 hours later (no shit) i was able to put the axle in and lower her to the floor. this is when i realised no left spacer!
need to go down and put the axle in all the way, tighten it up and do the pinch bolts. think i will have problems tightening the axle nut and pinch bolts while there is weight on the front wheel?
Thanks for the advice,
Dale
According to the manual there is a convoluted toqueing sequence involving tightening then loosening then retightening these bolts and you need the wheel on the ground to apply the bakes a few times so I wouldn't have thought it matters.Dalemac wrote: need to go down and put the axle in all the way, tighten it up and do the pinch bolts. think i will have problems tightening the axle nut and pinch bolts while there is weight on the front wheel?
Dale
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Bloody hell I'm back on this thread again.
How far in does the front spindle have to go in to the left hand fork? I'd previously put it flush with the hole, however I am having to change the front tyre now due to odd wear pattern on the current tyre. Wondering if I haven't pushed the spindle in far enough previously? I'll post a pic up later when I'm not on my phone.
How far in does the front spindle have to go in to the left hand fork? I'd previously put it flush with the hole, however I am having to change the front tyre now due to odd wear pattern on the current tyre. Wondering if I haven't pushed the spindle in far enough previously? I'll post a pic up later when I'm not on my phone.