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Help! Front wheel spacers. - flynrider - 07-19-2014
I know I should have a repair manual, but it's one of those things I put off in favor of farkles
I removed the front wheel and took it in to get a new Mich PR3 mounted. When I got it back the mech handed me the spacers. One is taller than the other and I'm stumped as to which spacer goes on which side. I test fit them on both sides and either way it looks asymmetrical. I don't see any intuitive way to figure this out other than looking at the manual (which I don't have).
Can someone with a manual tell me which side of the bike gets the tall spacer and which side get's the short one?
RE: Help! Front wheel spacers. - Razor - 07-19-2014
Haven't had the opportunity to have one apart, but by the looks of the parts schematic; it looks like the the left spacer/collar is the smaller of the two. Maybe someone can chime to verify.
RE: Help! Front wheel spacers. - flynrider - 07-19-2014
Thanks, Razor. I didn't think of checking the online parts fiche (last time I looked they didn't have the CB1100 yet). It definitely looks like the small spacer goes on the left side.
I'm off to the garage!
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Done! Got everything back together and took a short test ride (it's 105 degrees right now). Looks like I'll have to get used to riding on a tire with a round profile again :-)
RE: Help! Front wheel spacers. - Blockhead_imp - 07-19-2014
(07-19-2014, 08:25 AM)Flynrider_imp Wrote: Thanks, Razor. I didn't think of checking the online parts fiche (last time I looked they didn't have the CB1100 yet). It definitely looks like the small spacer goes on the left side.
I'm off to the garage!
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Done! Got everything back together and took a short test ride (it's 105 degrees right now). Looks like I'll have to get used to riding on a tire with a round profile again :-)
Just curious, how many miles did you get out of the original tire?
RE: Help! Front wheel spacers. - flynrider - 07-19-2014
(07-19-2014, 10:33 AM)Blockhead_imp Wrote:(07-19-2014, 08:25 AM)Flynrider_imp Wrote: Thanks, Razor. I didn't think of checking the online parts fiche (last time I looked they didn't have the CB1100 yet). It definitely looks like the small spacer goes on the left side.
I'm off to the garage!
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Done! Got everything back together and took a short test ride (it's 105 degrees right now). Looks like I'll have to get used to riding on a tire with a round profile again :-)
Just curious, how many miles did you get out of the original tire?
Not much. I was pretty disappointed in the Bridgestone BT-54 front tire. It started showing wear bars at 5400 mi. and I replaced it at 6K miles.
I'd grown accustomed to getting 12 - 14K out of the dual compound front BT-45s that I ran on my CB750. It seems that the rubber compound chosen for the CB1100 front was kind of soft. It wore more like a sticky sport tire than a sport touring tire, IMHO.
The rear BT-54 tire seems to be the opposite. At 6K miles it still looks great. I suspect it'll easily go past 10K miles.
RE: Help! Front wheel spacers. - Randy B - 07-19-2014
I got 9000 out of my front and I changed the rear at a hair under 15000, but I could have easily pushed it for maybe another 1000.