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Old 05-06-2017 | 12:12 AM
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I'm installing my new wheel tonight and I dunno if I'm just tired or stupid, but something isn't going right here. The rotor on the left side of the scoot is closer to the lower fork slider than the right side. I have the spacer on the right side, grooves out and the ABS module on the left side. Is the wheel on backwards? If that's the case, then the tire was mounted backwards...which I have a hard time believing because it was marked which side was left and which was right. Any thoughts? Right side has more space between the rotor and fork slider.
Left side has less space between the rotor and fork slider.
 
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Old 05-06-2017 | 03:01 AM
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You will have to push the right side fork in to make contact with the wheel spacer and hold while tightening the pinch bolt.
That will close the gap and make it a little more even.
 
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Old 05-06-2017 | 03:15 AM
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There is specific directions on tightening procedure to close that Gap. I do not recall the exact steps. It can be looked up in your manual.
 
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Old 05-06-2017 | 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by crimson13
You will have to push the right side fork in to make contact with the wheel spacer and hold while tightening the pinch bolt.
That will close the gap and make it a little more even.
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There is specific directions on tightening procedure to close that Gap. I do not recall the exact steps. It can be looked up in your manual.
Yeah, you can see the gap in the picture of the right side. There's 1/8" of play that I can slide the wheel back and forth between the forks. I threw the stock wheel back on and it does not have any play whatsoever. I'm not sure the answer is to push/pinch the fork slider in. I believe it's a hub or bearing issue. Here's the gap on the left side when I slide the wheel over
 
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Old 05-06-2017 | 12:53 PM
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I think you answered your own question by reinstalling the original wheel and no gaps present.New rims hub is probably narrower than a stock wheel. Just center rotors in calipers and make spacers to fill gap where needed.
 
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Old 05-06-2017 | 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by ShiftyCapone
Yeah, you can see the gap in the picture of the right side. There's 1/8" of play that I can slide the wheel back and forth between the forks. I threw the stock wheel back on and it does not have any play whatsoever. I'm not sure the answer is to push/pinch the fork slider in. I believe it's a hub or bearing issue
there may be a difference in the hubs as you suspect, but you definitely want to push the fork slider in during install. look at item 9 of the attached.
 
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Old 05-06-2017 | 05:55 PM
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3mm gap? (.118")

Are you sure you have an ABS bearing installed in the New Wheel?...maybe not


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Old 05-12-2017 | 12:00 PM
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3mm gap? (.118")

Are you sure you have an ABS bearing installed in the New Wheel?...maybe not


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No, I did not... That is exactly the issue. I realized it after swapping back to the stock wheel and noticing that the ABS bearing was a different color and wasn't as far recessed into the hub as the two identical ones installed on the new wheel.
 
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