09 FLTR 4300 miles, love the bike but it's had a left pull since I rode it home 11 months ago. Complained to the dealer about it and they said they couldn't find anything wrong with it. So I decided to troubleshoot it myself. I changed the fork oil and loosened and re-torqued the 2 lower triple tree bolts but she continued to pull. The other day I figured what the hell and removed both saddlebags to get a close look at the rear wheel axle adjuster cams and guess what? The left cam is contacting frame nub as it should, but the frikkin' right one has about a 1/16 inch gap between it and the frame nub. This means the rear wheel is angled to the right (looking down) and would most definintely cause a left pull since that tire is trying to take the whole rear end to the right. So back to the dealer she goes. it's also developed a tire vibration from the rear wheel and I'm wondering how much the aforementioned mis-alignment would contribute to this tire issue....I believe it did but have no way to prove it. Jeez eh.

 

That's normal or so the dealer will say!

 

Nice find..................................good luck.

 

wierd. bent?

 

Why take it back to those who couldn't figure the problem out in the first place?

 

+1 You already know they didn't even check out the first thing they should have looked at.

 

Having played the same game with the axle on my 09 Ultra it's probably not going to fix it.

What fixed it for me was a brand new set of engine mounts. Apparently the ones coming from the factory were misaligned somehow. It took me weeks of going back and forth with the dealer to get them to do anything because..."Nothing was wrong".

Get your engine mounts looked at.

lp

 

How do you know the nubs are even or both sides of the swing arm? I know they should be but that doesn't mean they are.

Wouldn't it be better to check the alignment of the rear wheel to the front? There are a number of ways to do that.

 

When (if) you get it corrected, I'd be interested to the fix.

 

Way to trouble shoot it! The dealer ought to see if you would work for them...