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Hello, I have a 1992 FLHTC. I removed the front wheel last year to have a tire mounted and wheel bearings installed. During that time I misplaced my spacer. So I ordered a new axle kit and put the wheel back on. Way too much side to side play after being torqued to spec. So I removed the wheel and had the end play double checked. Repacked the bearings and tried it again. Im still getting a lot of side to side play. Shop manual says I got everything correct. Im totally stumped. Any help appreciated. It's got the best of me.
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Should have Timken roller bearings (not sealed) in a '92 if nobody changed it to sealed bearings. Besides spacers, they have shims - did you check the end play for those? Here's a video that doesn't show the shims very well, but has a decent explanation of how to do it.
He uses a dial indicator, and you can get those fairly cheap from Amazon, doesn't have to be machinist quality just to check bearing end play. Also, he says check them dry, no grease. That's important, the grease might surprise you how much it can throw the measurement off. I always keep a wheel spinning when I torque the axle nut, you don't want enough pressure on it to create any drag. If the bearings are shimmed right, I'd suspect one or more spacers (not shims) is incorrect for that bike, though my experience has been wheel and axle assemblies were the same from the '80s to around '98. I have an '89 and a '96, and the wheels and axles are interchangeable.
Welcome from Texas. This forum is for welcoming new members so not that many people see it. Try posting your question in the forum below and I'm sure you'll get a lot of response.
Yeah, as stated above I removed the wheel assembly and cleaned the bearings then checked the end play. Repacked the bearings and attempted it again. Its got like 1/4 inch side to side play.
That sounds like too much to be shims, unless there aren't any in there. Been a while since I did one, but seem to remember at least one spacer had a shoulder and could be put in backwards, but I don't think the wheel would even fit between the forks if it was, still, might check that. If a spacer is wrong, the disks would probably bind in the calipers, too.
Its got me at a total loss. It moves so much the speedo drive disengages from the rotor. Its like I'm leaving something out but everything is there. I don't think the speedo has the dust seal on it anymore, would that cause that kind of play?
The dust seals shouldn't make any difference, the spacers go through them, not against them. Without seeing it taken apart, assuming it's all in the right order, it sounds like you might have received at least one wrong spacer. You'll have to take it apart again, regardless, so when you do, measure the spacers' lengths and post that and the problem in the EVO Classic section of the forum, a lot of knowledgeable folks browse that and good chance one of them could help with finding the dimensions for those spacers. Or even know right away what the problem is.
04-03-2019, 10:18 PM
Front wheel spacing issue
welcome to HDF. 
Be sure to read the manual 
before posting 
ok mate?
and if you don't "get it" we will need to discipline you 
biker style.
on your left to the 1st room. No, wait. 
The 1st room on your right. That is where the commissary is.
ahh, umm, oh yeah a 
across the hall.
you know.
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wall flower 
watching others 
. Get involved.
