Fighting with the 300
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2016 5:37 pm
So, this 300 I got from Bucho has got me scratching my head. What was supposed to be simple has turned complex and a little redneck.
Help me out if you can.
The back wheel was a little wiggly and without really looking at it I just figured it was the wheel bearings (as advertised).
I pulled the rear and had a local shop install the bearings, tube, tire. I gave it to my SIL to put back on, the bike is at his place. He called and said it was still "wiggly". I just figured he did something wrong. I went over to check it out, and yeah the wheel was slopping around, like the spacers didn't fit. I pulled the wheel and the spacers didn't go into the hub, they just acted like a fat washer, and there were gaps between spacers and swingarm.
WTF? I looked at everything twice, put it on/off/on?? I couldn't figure it out.
Fug it, I ordered new wheel spacers, fast forward and they fit the hub nicely, but now the wheel (with spacers) won't fit in the swing arm. It's like an 1/8 or 1/4 inch too wide. WTF?
Again, spent a lot of time double checking everything and it all seems right. I can only guess that with a bike this old that maybe some parts were swapped or Bucho really crashed it hard a few times
Our redneck engineering solution was to use ratchet strap to pull the swingarm apart and use a BFH to get the brake caliper in.
It works for now. Oddly the chain got really tight. Later on measure things and pull everything off and see if I can figure it out. We just wanted to ride it a little while the weather is good. I might just shave the spacers a little.
Any thoughts?
Help me out if you can.
The back wheel was a little wiggly and without really looking at it I just figured it was the wheel bearings (as advertised).
I pulled the rear and had a local shop install the bearings, tube, tire. I gave it to my SIL to put back on, the bike is at his place. He called and said it was still "wiggly". I just figured he did something wrong. I went over to check it out, and yeah the wheel was slopping around, like the spacers didn't fit. I pulled the wheel and the spacers didn't go into the hub, they just acted like a fat washer, and there were gaps between spacers and swingarm.
WTF? I looked at everything twice, put it on/off/on?? I couldn't figure it out.
Fug it, I ordered new wheel spacers, fast forward and they fit the hub nicely, but now the wheel (with spacers) won't fit in the swing arm. It's like an 1/8 or 1/4 inch too wide. WTF?
Again, spent a lot of time double checking everything and it all seems right. I can only guess that with a bike this old that maybe some parts were swapped or Bucho really crashed it hard a few times
Our redneck engineering solution was to use ratchet strap to pull the swingarm apart and use a BFH to get the brake caliper in.
It works for now. Oddly the chain got really tight. Later on measure things and pull everything off and see if I can figure it out. We just wanted to ride it a little while the weather is good. I might just shave the spacers a little.
Any thoughts?