Shimming rear axle?

[AllanB]

Leave it alone - I'm pretty sure Suzuki knew what they were doing ......

[mossy1200]

I just thought.

What if the sprocket bearing spacer tube isnt in. that would let the sprocket carrier sit hard onto the hub and might be the excess clearance.

[98tls]

I just thought.

What if the sprocket bearing spacer tube isnt in. that would let the sprocket carrier sit hard onto the hub and might be the excess clearance.

Be a lot more than a couple of mil though wouldnt it?

[mossy1200]

Be a lot more than a couple of mil though wouldnt it?

No. Not before cranking the axel nut. The sprocket spacer tube only stop the bearing being distorted and helps with distance on the cushdrive. The cush drive almost or just touch with the spacer in but dont compress at all.

[98tls]

No. Not before cranking the axel nut. The sprocket spacer tube only stop the bearing being distorted and helps with distance on the cushdrive. The cush drive almost or just touch with the spacer in but dont compress at all.

Nice......

[Laava]

That is good thinking!



Nope, it has annoying habits but that is not one of them.

I just thought.

What if the sprocket bearing spacer tube isnt in. that would let the sprocket carrier sit hard onto the hub and might be the excess clearance.

Yer but no! If this piece was missing things would go pear shaped very quickly on the bearing front. It would be apparent something was wrong straight away i,m sure

[Drew]

Yer but no! If this piece was missing things would go pear shaped very quickly on the bearing front. It would be apparent something was wrong straight away i,m sure

Takes longer than you think on some bikes. Honda's collapse pretty quickly, the older Suzukis would get you a fair distance from home.

[FROSTY:Me]

OP--Im sure I'm teaching gramma to suck eggs but ---Have you laid the whole set up out and compared it to the parts diagram? Im wondering if theres a washer or a spacer missing.

[Laava]

OP--Im sure I'm teaching gramma to suck eggs but ---Have you laid the whole set up out and compared it to the parts diagram? Im wondering if theres a washer or a spacer missing.

Good point I will check that, but I have had the wheel out about a dozen times now and it has not been a problem. Last week I changed the sprocket carrier bearing and checked the freeplay prior to tightening. Far as I could tell it was about 1 mm.
Reason I started the thread was because I shimmed my Laverda rear, primarily because I was told that the old Italian frame would go a bit brittle. In fact it had, and had some major stress fractures, which I had welded professionally.