Hey guys, great forum you have here. I don't own an SV, but my brother and a friend do. They aren't near me, and they don't take their own bikes apart so I can't ask them about this.
I own a '06 Triumph Bonneville, and I'm adapting SV650 wheels and forks to it. The front end is fitting fine thanks to some help from a machinist, but I have a question about the rear wheel.
The axle appears to be a few mm smaller in diameter than the bearings in the wheel. The rear spacers fit the axle fine, but when I stick the axle in the wheel it is very loose, almost like the bearings or the axle is the wrong size. Am I missing something here? Is there a spacer that goes around the axle? Is it possible someone installed different bearings in the rear wheel? I bought the wheel used off Ebay, but it came with the axle and all the spacers and from what I can tell looking at all the parts they are correct.
Thanks guys!
btw, here's a pic of my frankenbonnie:
I own a '06 Triumph Bonneville, and I'm adapting SV650 wheels and forks to it. The front end is fitting fine thanks to some help from a machinist, but I have a question about the rear wheel.
The axle appears to be a few mm smaller in diameter than the bearings in the wheel. The rear spacers fit the axle fine, but when I stick the axle in the wheel it is very loose, almost like the bearings or the axle is the wrong size. Am I missing something here? Is there a spacer that goes around the axle? Is it possible someone installed different bearings in the rear wheel? I bought the wheel used off Ebay, but it came with the axle and all the spacers and from what I can tell looking at all the parts they are correct.
Thanks guys!
btw, here's a pic of my frankenbonnie:
