Have you replaced a front tire recently? Forgive me if you've heard this before ... If you don’t follow the proper installation sequence for the front wheel, you can incorrectly align the front axle in the forks which will cause handling oddities. The common mistake is to just tighten everything up after inserting the axle. Instead, you need to first hold the axle by torquing (19Nm) the two axle clamp bolts on the RIGHT fork to hold the axle so that you can then torque (63Nm) the 28mm axle nut. Then, you should torque the two axle clamp bolts on the LEFT fork. The axle is now securely fastened to the left fork Now, you need to loosen the two RIGHT side clamp bolts. Take the bike off the paddock stand, and bounce the suspension up and down till you are sure that the right side fork has moved to the proper (neutral) position along the axle. (It makes it easier to compress the suspension if you hold the front brake on when rocking the bike forward.) Once this is done, re-torque the two RIGHT fork clamp bolts and you’re done. |