Front wheel Shifted over?

[RHODESIA SMITH]

Hi All,

I have a bit of a problem, and maybe som of you smart experienced okes can help?

Bike is a 1981 GS850G
Went out for a nice long ride and the Speedo packed up, So when I got home I had a look and found that the speedo drive at the front wheel was not turning.
stripped it out and fixed it up , but when it came to putting everything back, I noticed that the right front fork ( as i sit on the bike) was being pulled in and asa result the caliper mounting bracket then pressed up againts the barake disk. I took everything off and check again and also noticed that the disc for the left fork ( as sitting on the bike) also seems very close to the inside of the left caliper bracket?

dont know what I did wrong or what is wrong- I have taken off front wheel a few times in the past and never had an issue like this.

If the forks had got bend from the ride then surely with the amount they are " off set" now I would have had a more serious problem?

I have double checked all my axle spacers ect and they are in the correct order.

It is like the front wheel is over by approx 5 mm?

[7981GS]

Can you post up some pictures depicting this problem?

Daniel

[RHODESIA SMITH]

ja sure I can . will do when I get home later.

thanks

[salty_monk]

Unless your bearings moved which is pretty impossible you have a spacer in the wrong order somewhere....

[RHODESIA SMITH]

took the bearings out - have not moved? cannot move?

my forks are straight?

spacers have not been mixed up.

this is what I cannot fathom- what the heck has gone wrong here?

[Agemax]

there has to be a spacer missing somewhere. on the r/h side there are 2 spacers, a bearing spacer and an axle spacer. are they both there?

[SVSooke]

One of your spacers is in the wrong way.I had this problem with my 750.

[allojohn]

I had the same problem after a rebuild. I think it was Allie who put me right by suggesting loosening the whole front end and then tighten from the bottom up. 'Course this doesn't explain how your problem occurred.

[salty_monk]

If you've taken the bearings out & replaced them then they could be not seated properly...

[tatu]

Was the speedo drive damaged from an incorrect earlier fitting and has just recently failed due to this and now the spacings are all wrong?
Allojohn/Allie method is the way.

[RHODESIA SMITH]

Hi,

No speedo drive stopped working.

I do have the spacing correct, I loosened the triple clamps and turned the stanchions to see if maybe they are bent. made no difference. tightened it all up a bit and bounced the front end and it came right!!!!!!!!!!!

yes!!! but i did hear that maybe I may have a problem with the fork springs.

still all this does not explain why it did this in the first place.

[themess]

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still all this does not explain why it did this in the first place.

Should be able to answer that before riding it again.