When putting my front tire back on, I had to work with it a lot it was acting like the forks were closer together. It did not slide in easy like yours at all. Any idea what might be wrong?
Interesting...you torque the axle first, then drop it off the stands. I was kinda confused by that in my manual, since it said to bounce the bike before torqueing the axle to ensure rebound worked, but never mentioned raising it back up on the headstand, so I tightened it on the sidestand after bouncing it and then just made sure it was flush with the forks. Should I redo it on the headstand? Also, I torqued the axle using the 19mm hex while hold the other side with a 22mm sock, instead of the other way around. Is this gonna make a critical difference?
Just a heads up, you want to use the 19mm hex key instead of tightening the pinch bolts when you torque the axle. If you tighten the pinch bolts, it's not actually tightening that bolt to the axle itself, it's pulling the fork. Not sure if that makes sense.