Great video and instructions. Bookmarking for a tire change this weekend, which will save me $60 and will be much more enjoyable than waiting for someone else to do it behind a closed door. Thank you for passing down some knowledge. Best regards from the U.S.
scott thank you very much for this informative video. i went for ride out last weekend and could some grinding noise in the front wheel, i think my wheel bearing are on their way out, now i can go and check them thanks to your help. got my sub
Love this video thank you for making it. Learned a lot. But can't seem to find out the size of the hex bolt you used to tighten the axle on the opposite side of the 22 mm bolt..?
Hello Scott. Great video. I've got a cb600f Honda Hornet 2012, and want to make the fork alignment because the front wheel is dragging and not running freely. Should i use the same procedure? is the left leg of my bike a floating one like on your bike? Regards, Tiago
Thank you for the great video. In the even of the forks not being aligned centered correctly, would would this cause while riding? A slight pull to either side while accelerating? Cupping of the tire? Noises? Vibrations?
Christian it means the forks can have extra sliding resistance because they're not parallel. This would result in a harsher ride. Of course it depends on the degree of non parallel alignment.
Thanks. The big one for the axle is 17mm. Remember you can use a bolt with a 17mm head. Put two nuts on it and tighten them together so they lock. Then you can use that as the axle holding tool while you tighten the nut on the other side.
+Scott Elliott I need to set my fork-triple tree alignment ? Hit a bump and my bars are little bit turned ? I'm thinking my 2 triple trees are out ? Rims seems fine . Also slight shake in bars now and if I get wheel up she's threatening to do a tank slapper. Was hoping u had a vid but not finding it 😜 cheers mate great vids
Mark you need to loosen the top and bottom clamp bolts on the triple tree. Make sure the bikes supported or the tubes will poke through. Loosen and retorque. The 10mm bolts at the bottom are 27Nm and the top 22Nm. Handle bar clamp bolts 27Nm.
Kyle maybe it's the angle of the camera. The wheel is aligned. I was at the track a few days later and it was behaving perfectly at 230km/hr. I don't understand what you mean "why is it the wheel not supposed to spin freely without resistance". If you set the left floating leg correctly you should be able to spin the wheel easily with minimal resistance like mine does in the video. If it's not set properly it won't rotate freely as you will have additional drag. Regards, Scott
I mean because you spun it and it went around for a second but seemed like it coarse with the brake caliper, my question was why is the caliper supposed to hug the disk?
Kyle Comer At the end of the video I spin the wheel and it spins with only a small amount of drag from the pads which is correct. The pads should be just touching the discs without any hydraulic pressure.If there was absolutely no noise from the pads when you grabbed the front lever nothing would happen as the pads are not against the discs. You'd have to pump the lever a couple of times to get the pads out against the disc by which time you'd have run into the bus!So it's normal and imperative you have the pads lightly rubbing the discs. It's the same on your car disc brakes.On the track you can sometimes get a headshake or tank slapper and it causes the pads to be pushed too far back and when you go for the lever there's nothing there. If that happens and it's usually exiting a corner you have to pump the lever a couple of times before the next corner to make sure the pads are out.Hope that explains it. Regards, Scott
Im doing the fork oil change and seals. Im going to remove the forks and service. When I put the forks back in do I need to worry much about the alignment of the forks in the upper and lower triple trees. Ive seen methods of leaving the lower triple tree loose and axle pinch bolts loose. The upper tree is tight to spec and you pump the front end to align it all up. Then tighten everything. Would this be correct for what Im doing?
Brandon Dame Hi Brandon. Yes that's a legitimate method to ensure the clamps are all aligned ... that's is torque the top but leave the bottom loose and leave the right hand pinch bolts loose but not the left if you have the CBR600RR. The left is fixed so follow the same process in the video with the addition of loosening the bottom tree clamps before you pump it up and down to align everything. Scott
