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odvelasc Ex Member	Need to align rear wheel help? 07/22/09 at 15:48:47 Bill has a way to do it, but I dont quite understand how to use his tool to align the rear wheel. I jacked up the and loosened the rear wheel today in order to put on my new saddle bracket. My rear wheel is now misaligned lol. I have to turn my forks slight right inorder to go straight. Is my rear wheel off to the right too much?
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Re: Need to align rear wheel help?
Reply #1 - 07/22/09 at 16:00:43

Get some kind of a straightedge and put it on the back tire,a string can work.Pull it to the front and get it parallel to the front tire,Then you know which way to get the back tire to make the front parallel .You could even push it on a 2x4 laying flat,keep adjusting it it till it runs straight and not off the 2x4,Best is a rail road track if you have one close by when it rides the rails and don't fall off you got it right.Do watch out for trains.

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Re: Need to align rear wheel help?
Reply #2 - 07/23/09 at 10:18:23

bill67 wrote on 07/22/09 at 16:00:43:

Get some kind of a straightedge and put it on the back tire,a string can work.Pull it to the front and get it parallel to the front tire,Then you know which way to get the back tire to make the front parallel .You could even push it on a 2x4 laying flat,keep adjusting it it till it runs straight and not off the 2x4,Best is a rail road track if you have one close by when it rides the rails and don't fall off you got it right.Do watch out for trains.

kewl, thanks. Running over a straight edge. thanks man

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28996 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Need to align rear wheel help? Reply #3 - 07/23/09 at 10:50:57 Last time I checked I used the xwalk line in front of my house
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odvelasc

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Re: Need to align rear wheel help?
Reply #4 - 07/23/09 at 15:53:56

Done and done.

Turns out that the left swing arm adjuster was out of place. It is supposed to point strait out, but I had accidently set it back pointing down lol. Lined up the bike on measuring tape to see how far out to the right the tire was. Jacked it up, put small cinder block under the stand and rolled the back tire. It rubbed sooo, we loosened the axle nuts and adjusted the left swing arm until the tire rolled nice and readjusted the right side as well. Tightened everything, dropped it town, took it for a spin, and tested it on a 10foot beam of wood. Looks pretty good.

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Digger Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Ya gotta be tough to ride singles! Posts: 1604 Colorado Springs, CO Gender:	Re: Need to align rear wheel help? Reply #5 - 07/23/09 at 21:40:20 Another take on rear wheel alignment: http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?board=tech;action=display;num=1183995917
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Re: Need to align rear wheel help?
Reply #6 - 07/24/09 at 04:46:01

Digger wrote on 07/23/09 at 21:40:20:

Another take on rear wheel alignment:

http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?board=tech;action=display;num=1183995917

Yeah, I looked at it and it does not make sense. Soooo, I used measuring tape to see what side the rear wheel was off centre. Adjust the the left swing arm adjuster to have the wheel go left a bit. Measured the distance between the the adjuster nut and the screw. Adjust the right side to be the same distance and all should be well now. Rode it around the block and the bike felt good.

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Re: Need to align rear wheel help?
Reply #7 - 07/24/09 at 05:08:13

odvelasc wrote on 07/24/09 at 04:46:01:

Digger wrote on 07/23/09 at 21:40:20:

Another take on rear wheel alignment:

http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?board=tech;action=display;num=1183995917

Yeah, I looked at it and it does not make sense. Soooo, I used measuring tape to see what side the rear wheel was off centre. Adjust the the left swing arm adjuster to have the wheel go left a bit. Measured the distance between the the adjuster nut and the screw. Adjust the right side to be the same distance and all should be well now. Rode it around the block and the bike felt good.

Aligning the wheel to swingarm is not exactly the same as aligning the pulleys or aligning the wheels. I prefer aligning the wheels using the string method.

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