Interesting. I change wheels all the time and have never done this nor have I ever heard about it. This is something looking into. Learn something new everyday. Thanks for all the info you put out.
Good god this channel is gonna be a life saver when I really really get into my motorcycle and have the money to work on it. Thank you. Been watching for quite some time
Its the other side without the nut that needs to be loosened after you tighten the wheel nut. The fork on the side without the nut can move freely on the axle, the other side can't after tightening. This is the correct way 👌
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I hope you loosened those pinch bolts on the left before you compressed the suspension, that's the side that needs the fork leg to center up. The axle cant slide relative to the right fork once the nut is snugged up.
EDIT: I finally got this. The front wheel axle has a nut/bolt on one side, while the axle side is free. 1. Torque-tighten the nut/bolt. 2. Torque-tighten the pinch bolt on the nut side. 3. Install, align, and torque the brake calipers. 4. Align the fork by pumping it up and down. 5. Torque-tighten the pinch bolts on the axle side. ======================== So is everything supposed to be loose before compressing the suspension?
Have not had a problem with any late model bikes either doing this or not doing it. I think the forks and materials are so strong these days it is not a very big concern. In the 60s and 70s it did make a difference due to inferior metals and fork flexing. Good video though!!
If the correct torque settings are used itnshould be in alignment... the bearings and spacers set the alignment not the pinchbolts. If you are adjusting the forks I would say the step of lowering the bike and compressing can help but not for a wheel removal. Also the discs are floating usually the caliper is floating you have no alignment on a caliper for that reason so it all seems a lot of work for nothing tbh.
Yo congratulations on 70k and this came perfect time I have to change the front tire for my project bike and thought you just threw it on there and hit the road. 😂
My caliper bolts are not 25 foot pounds. They are 33 foot pounds. Arbitrarily throwing out torque specs for one bike doesn’t help anybody with a different bike. They’re all going to be different.
@@thagingerninjer5391 you got the point, not to over tighten. Measure twice, cut once? Please, nobody is going to use my specs for their bike. Are they stupid? Did I mention a specific bike. I’m sorry I didn’t bring my crayon’s
Even though this video might’ve made sense to you did you know it actually doesn’t matter? If you torque two bolts to hold something down it’s going to seat in its place anyways… WOOOOOW SCIENSE
But dude i don't understand why? Put load on it and put it back up then tighten it? To me it doesn't really do anything because there's no load on there so what's the point , i really don't understand can someone explain why?
If both sides are loose, it won’t hold the wheel pin in place. The reason you clamp one side is so it can slightly align and keep the pin in place. What you’re saying makes no sense
@@adobomoto both sides need to be aligned. So both sides need to be free. This is what I learned from a suspension specialist that travels around the world and works with SBK racers.
It actually makes perfect sense. If you want the fork legs to be parallel to eachother you need to be able to set the spacing. The nut prevents the right side from adjusting so it needs to be done on the left. I suppose you could snug the right pinch bolts, but not the left.
I don't have the tools, and the patience To do that. I just take it to the dealership better, Or did the shop. Speaking of dealerships, I got to sit on my favorite bike that I want it, That I'm getting next year. I want to motorcycle dealership to get me a battery that's why y for my little scooter. Since my family is going to Vietnam they wanna practice Ridingg a scooter.
Man, I’m glad I’m not the only person on here that’s watched a Dave moss video. 😂😂 There are too many content creators that don’t do this correctly, and it’s annoying af.
Super important. Learned this in the late 80's on my moto-x bikes. I agree, lotsa creators that miss this step. Totally makes me question their knowledge.
@@Roller-01 Honda is just a different breed of bike. Sort of like comparing a light infantry vehicle to a tank. The CBR has a drift car turning radius where for example on my r6 and r1 I look like Austin powers on that little electric car in the tunnel all the time.
That’s wild in all My years at a dealership I have never seen a service manual say this nor have I ever had any sort of alignment issues. The newer bikes can’t really be fucked up. Calipers have dowels so they aren’t adjusted. Wheel has spacers specific to each side, a big axle bolt threads into a hole that cannot be moved or changed without loosening the fork mounts. Then 2-4 bolts to lock it in place and keep it tight.
I think you may have done that wrong. The end without the nut is the part that would spin freely (since the other side would be held in place by the nut) tightening the pinch bolts on the opposite side to the spindle nut and then bouncing the bike might not have actually aligned the forks with the brake disks.
On the Aprilia the axle goes through the left leg first so it is indeed the captive side. On my bmw it goes through the right leg and screws into another collar in the left which is free to move. But it looks exactly the same as this left leg which is why I was confused at first.
Thanks for this. My calipers sit on spigots- they can't move or align to anything. Also, none of that stuff he is is taking about could possibly tighten up in any other position than the correct one.
@hotshot2101 wrong. Unless something got bent, there is no alignment for brakes. The wheel spacers align the front wheel. The only alignment fix if forks, discs, or hangers are bent are new parts. You are clueless.
They also don't really care what happens to the parts as long as it gets through a singular race, teams cut a bunch of corners to get what needs done done. No race mech can truthfully maintain their own machines the same way they take care of race machines. High level motorsport racing also used specialized parts, not designed for regular use anyway
Incorrect steps. Wheel up. Axle in and nut on. All nuts and bolts loose. Snug up the axle bolt. Spin front wheel, apply front brake, repeat a couple of times. Disc/ wheel is now centered. Compress front brake with a lever (locking on) and tighten. lower wheel to ground. Left twin bolts are still loose. Firmly compress forks on ground so that free side/left floats to find it's natural center of fork travel. Snug up. Lift wheel Torque to specs. Unless these steps aren't done in this order the fork bushings will wear unevenly.
@Mike Ames the sliders should be aligned correctly. The front end of a bike is a delicate mechanism. A Lot of stuff relies on stuff being set up correctly. Incorrect front end setup can end up with tank slappers. If it were my bike I'd fix it. Ride safe mate!
Good tips with aligning your calipers, but remember to also bounce the forks up and down to have the axle, wheel and forks where they want to be before tightening down the pinch bolts.
Good video, make sure you tighten the pinch bolts on the side with the nut. The other side is the variable side that is able to move freely and be adjusted.
You know, I was just going to look this up on TH-cam and the next few days because I got to change my tire on the front of my bike. Good job bro thank you.❤
This literally does nothing. TH-cam mechanics man. The correct way to align a front wheel is to get the front installed loose and then spin the wheel and stop it with the brakes. This elevates any side tension on the forks. The way you showed without doing this puts a tremendous amount of strain and is an excellent way to blow out your for seals. This is more common on dirtbikes but same rules apply to street bikes. And pushing on the bike off the stand literally does nothing btw.
IDK I'm pretty sure that's backwards cuz the gsxr are similar setup. And the side with the nut is the captive fork. The nut sets the axle with that fork and the open side is the free fork that needs to be aligned. IDK i could be wrong with that bike but I know for a fact 100% on GSXRs you need the special socket and you have to tighten the NUT side pinch bolts first then align the OPEN side fork, then tighten the OPEN side pinch bolts.
Every comment about you having to do all of this, makes me wonder, how aggressively are you guys removing the wheel? The front wheel can't be adjust on a fixed axle. the spacers and tightening the axle, will align the fork legs(calipers too) and maybe squeeze your brakes to make sure contact is even, but apart from that your calipers can't change position and neither can your rotors. If you're experiencinga problem, id assume you've bent something!
The axle tighten against the wheel bearings sorts out the alignment of wheel and forks. And your brake calipers float so so-called alignment is irrelevant.
Does this apply to dirt bikes also? I've been riding dirt for 38yrs, got my boys riding and we always work on our own bikes and I never heard about doing this.
I have a Daytona, it tightened down with the pinch bolts loose and only have pinch bolts on one side. There’s also tabs for the calipers to line up and I didn’t have to move the wheel for clearance to get the calipers out. I’m not tryna sound like a douche, just saying I’m rather shocked with the eas of maintenance on this bike so far
before you even try to lift the front of the bike up, make sure that you have a proper jack like the one he is using in this video. don’t try to get a normal hydraulic/scissor jack for cars and put it underneath the engine/oil pan. your bike will be very unstable and it may fall over twice and break your fairings and mirrors. that happened to me.
Calipers are self aligning.once axle torqued up the pinch bolts can be tightened. There is no alignment to be done. Simply follow the manual. None of this in there. Making something out of nothing!
No clue where you learned this but non of it is necessary. Taking 4 years of school and becoming a journeyman motorcycle mechanic you learn lots of things, this is not one..
There is no such thing as a pair of front forks or rear forks. You have A set of forks on a bike and that's it. Stop calling them fucking "front forks" 😂
So much wrong with this information! It's the none nut side fork leg that needs tightened last as that side will move free and allow the fork legs to straighten. Also that faff with the Calipers is pointless, they have bolts or holes that keep the caliper in line and pads will self centre once they touch the disk.
lesson to anyone watching this who wants a bike he's doing a major service job himself, let that sink in it's in his driveway he's doing it cuz all garage suc
Its amazing how many bikes that come in my shop with brakepads all worn-out on one side, or wear marks on the fork tubes. Sometimes i lightly tap the bottom of the slider so i know its settled with no side pressure on the fork-tube.
Never seen it done like this before. I tighten in the same order just didn't lower the front to the ground, bounce the front end then raise again before torque the caliper bolts. I think that's what I saw?
When you spin your front wheel, it shouldn’t drag like that. it should be able to make at least a few more revolutions and here slight dragging from the brake pads
Damm, to be honest I'm not scared of changing wheels / brakes on my car but doing that to a two wheel missile? I would be scared shitless to sit on it again lmao.
Did he use the right side where the axle bolt is firmly torqued against the fork to align the wheel!?!? Shouldn't it be the left aide where the fork is free to slide left and right to adjust?
In all my years I've never seen anyone do this. Nor have I had any issues not doing this. Not really even sure how your wheel can be out of line between two mounting points with the spacers put in.
It’s nice to see someone showing how to do stuff the right way. Keep it up 👍🏻
How do you know its correct?
@@bluedogsalvage5246 you don't need to.
@@Umoddafokka it helps if you want to do something correctly
It is not the correct way
It is not the correct way unfortunately.
Interesting. I change wheels all the time and have never done this nor have I ever heard about it. This is something looking into. Learn something new everyday. Thanks for all the info you put out.
Exactly me too apparently that's why I'm constantly fighting
Good god this channel is gonna be a life saver when I really really get into my motorcycle and have the money to work on it. Thank you. Been watching for quite some time
O never knew this. Thanks🙏🏻. Now i wont almost die evertime i put my front wheels back on my bikes 😂
Its the other side without the nut that needs to be loosened after you tighten the wheel nut.
The fork on the side without the nut can move freely on the axle, the other side can't after tightening.
This is the correct way 👌
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I hope you loosened those pinch bolts on the left before you compressed the suspension, that's the side that needs the fork leg to center up. The axle cant slide relative to the right fork once the nut is snugged up.
That's what I said and he lmfao'd me and told me it makes no difference. He doesn't understand how this works. O well I tried ,lol.
I noticed he wasn't too interested in fixing his mistake lol, I juat feel bad for anyone who thinks this a "tutorial" haha
EDIT: I finally got this.
The front wheel axle has a nut/bolt on one side, while the axle side is free.
1. Torque-tighten the nut/bolt.
2. Torque-tighten the pinch bolt on the nut side.
3. Install, align, and torque the brake calipers.
4. Align the fork by pumping it up and down.
5. Torque-tighten the pinch bolts on the axle side.
========================
So is everything supposed to be loose before compressing the suspension?
Very methodic that's why I like your videos even if I don't have a bike
Are you a motorcycle mechanic? You’re so knowledgeable when it comes to bikes
I didnt know this. I been on bikes for 40+ years. Thanks. Great short vids
Have not had a problem with any late model bikes either doing this or not doing it. I think the forks and materials are so strong these days it is not a very big concern. In the 60s and 70s it did make a difference due to inferior metals and fork flexing. Good video though!!
Good wee video
Would this apply to BMW k1200r?. As it doesn't have same front fork system as regular bikes,
If the correct torque settings are used itnshould be in alignment... the bearings and spacers set the alignment not the pinchbolts. If you are adjusting the forks I would say the step of lowering the bike and compressing can help but not for a wheel removal. Also the discs are floating usually the caliper is floating you have no alignment on a caliper for that reason so it all seems a lot of work for nothing tbh.
Yo congratulations on 70k and this came perfect time I have to change the front tire for my project bike and thought you just threw it on there and hit the road. 😂
You can. If you feel something weird, then try this. It’s not as serious as before, these bikes are engineered pretty awesome these days
Totally not necessary to loosen the left side pinch bolts. Also, one more point to mention. Don’t over tighten your caliper bolts. Only 25ftbs
My caliper bolts are not 25 foot pounds. They are 33 foot pounds. Arbitrarily throwing out torque specs for one bike doesn’t help anybody with a different bike. They’re all going to be different.
@@thagingerninjer5391 you got the point, not to over tighten. Measure twice, cut once? Please, nobody is going to use my specs for their bike. Are they stupid? Did I mention a specific bike. I’m sorry I didn’t bring my crayon’s
That’s a really cute story, cupcake.
@@thagingerninjer5391 I’m sorry, I’m out of the dating scene. But thank you for the compliment. 👍
That’s fine. I’ll settle for your mom.
Why would you want to compress the front caliper before tightening the bracket?? Again, to satisfy my curiosity??
Page 6-39 yamaha r6 manual. “To align it with the end of the wheel axle”
Man, you using a torque wrench was satisfying ASF 👍
Yeah i love the click. You get it, i can tell
Too bad he has no idea what he is doing with it haha
That will be useful if I ever touch a motorcycle
Just like a downhill mountain bike or dirt bike
Do you ride or is it too cold ❄
Aprilia the way to go.
Oh cool this is what i do on my mtb i guess its not all that different 😂
I drop it off the stand a few times so I don’t have to try to compress with my body weight/strength ✌🏻
❤
Great, some useful content instead of spouting bs as usual
Well Thank You
Well shit I didn’t know this but now I got to thanks adobo
chris fix of motorcycles
Even though this video might’ve made sense to you did you know it actually doesn’t matter? If you torque two bolts to hold something down it’s going to seat in its place anyways… WOOOOOW SCIENSE
But dude i don't understand why? Put load on it and put it back up then tighten it? To me it doesn't really do anything because there's no load on there so what's the point , i really don't understand can someone explain why?
And if you ride a Harley make sure every single bolt and nut is covered in blue loctite
I've never done it like this but I'm still alive so🤷♂️
just the brake thing make sense. The dipping wars not nessesary
my guy you have to spin the wheel and smack the brakes the shock will set the for to where it needs to be. well that's how it's done on dirtbikes
This is a joke. Haha thanks for the laugh
They don’t teach Techs to put the bike down and compress the forks before to tighten up the punch bolts…
The alignment needs to be done with both sides of the pinch bolts free.
If both sides are loose, it won’t hold the wheel pin in place. The reason you clamp one side is so it can slightly align and keep the pin in place. What you’re saying makes no sense
@@adobomoto both sides need to be aligned. So both sides need to be free.
This is what I learned from a suspension specialist that travels around the world and works with SBK racers.
It actually makes perfect sense. If you want the fork legs to be parallel to eachother you need to be able to set the spacing. The nut prevents the right side from adjusting so it needs to be done on the left. I suppose you could snug the right pinch bolts, but not the left.
I don't have the tools, and the patience To do that. I just take it to the dealership better, Or did the shop. Speaking of dealerships, I got to sit on my favorite bike that I want it, That I'm getting next year. I want to motorcycle dealership to get me a battery that's why y for my little scooter. Since my family is going to Vietnam they wanna practice Ridingg a scooter.
Man, I’m glad I’m not the only person on here that’s watched a Dave moss video. 😂😂 There are too many content creators that don’t do this correctly, and it’s annoying af.
He setup my race bike when i was racing afm. Taught me a lot
@@adobomoto I just pay him money to watch his videos sometimes. I wish he were closer. 😂😩
@@adobomoto I do hope to get him to remote tune my bike some time this track season, though.
Super important. Learned this in the late 80's on my moto-x bikes. I agree, lotsa creators that miss this step. Totally makes me question their knowledge.
A lot of the videos I see here is just a copy of Dave Moss. 🤦♂️
That’s cool and all but my owners manual just says to slap it on and use a torque wrench👍
@@Roller-01 Honda is just a different breed of bike. Sort of like comparing a light infantry vehicle to a tank. The CBR has a drift car turning radius where for example on my r6 and r1 I look like Austin powers on that little electric car in the tunnel all the time.
I agree I've had many bikes many brands, none ever showed this process, not saying he did anything wrong but kind of unnecessary steps...
@Andy B not at all, its for brake pad alignment though
@@andyb9994my yamaha shows similar steps
As know bikes, I'm surprised as this motorcycle has a thru axle, like my next road bike the trek emonda alr has thru axle
That’s wild in all
My years at a dealership I have never seen a service manual say this nor have I ever had any sort of alignment issues. The newer bikes can’t really be fucked up. Calipers have dowels so they aren’t adjusted. Wheel has spacers specific to each side, a big axle bolt threads into a hole that cannot be moved or changed without loosening the fork mounts. Then 2-4 bolts to lock it in place and keep it tight.
This. The whole video felt reeeaally strange to me. What alignment, what the heck, how and why😂
I thought the same until I had a problem with brakes after tyres changing in s1000r 😂 after alignment everything is good.
I did see that on a few bike that have recently rolled in. Some bikes need it and others do not
My RC390 owner’s manual details similar sequence for mounting the front wheel 🤷♂️
Never once done an alignment on hundreds of bikes.
You really don't have to align calipers. No, you really don't.
I went to school for motorcycle mechanics and they definitely did not teach us this. Also I've never done it and I've also never had a problem.
good to know i’m never going to do this now 😅
@@Slowkat the only part of this i do is tightening the brake calipers evenly. after the wheel has been tight.
@@matthewglaze5398 ok thanks i appreciate the info
@@Slowkat no problem. Just pay attention to where your spacers come out of each side of the wheel so you know where they go back and all will be fine.
@Supa Trending Daily that's great advice.
I think you may have done that wrong. The end without the nut is the part that would spin freely (since the other side would be held in place by the nut) tightening the pinch bolts on the opposite side to the spindle nut and then bouncing the bike might not have actually aligned the forks with the brake disks.
I was actually about to comment this. I was thinking the exact same thing as you.
On the Aprilia the axle goes through the left leg first so it is indeed the captive side. On my bmw it goes through the right leg and screws into another collar in the left which is free to move. But it looks exactly the same as this left leg which is why I was confused at first.
It's not quite this complicated. I was in the bike business for 17 years. Unless you bent something, it aligns itself and calipers stay on center.
Definitely
Thanks for this. My calipers sit on spigots- they can't move or align to anything. Also, none of that stuff he is is taking about could possibly tighten up in any other position than the correct one.
Not true when you have floating front disc brakes guy has a valid point.
@hotshot2101 wrong. Unless something got bent, there is no alignment for brakes. The wheel spacers align the front wheel. The only alignment fix if forks, discs, or hangers are bent are new parts. You are clueless.
@@bluedogsalvage5246 his bike has floating rotors so the calipers don’t have alignment pins so you do have to align the calipers the way he showed it.
Strange how they don’t do that on race bikes every time they change a wheel.
It’s probably one big nut like f1 cars
They also don't really care what happens to the parts as long as it gets through a singular race, teams cut a bunch of corners to get what needs done done. No race mech can truthfully maintain their own machines the same way they take care of race machines.
High level motorsport racing also used specialized parts, not designed for regular use anyway
We don't do it becaus there is absolutely no diference, there are not enough tolerance for parts to move around
Incorrect steps. Wheel up. Axle in and nut on. All nuts and bolts loose. Snug up the axle bolt. Spin front wheel, apply front brake, repeat a couple of times. Disc/ wheel is now centered. Compress front brake with a lever (locking on) and tighten. lower wheel to ground. Left twin bolts are still loose. Firmly compress forks on ground so that free side/left floats to find it's natural center of fork travel. Snug up. Lift wheel Torque to specs.
Unless these steps aren't done in this order the fork bushings will wear unevenly.
How important are those orders? I just put my front tire on and tighten everything down. And now I've been riding on it for a month
@Mike Ames the sliders should be aligned correctly. The front end of a bike is a delicate mechanism. A Lot of stuff relies on stuff being set up correctly.
Incorrect front end setup can end up with tank slappers.
If it were my bike I'd fix it.
Ride safe mate!
Good tips with aligning your calipers, but remember to also bounce the forks up and down to have the axle, wheel and forks where they want to be before tightening down the pinch bolts.
This seems like good practice even if the manual doesn’t call for it. I think I may start doing something similar.
Good video, make sure you tighten the pinch bolts on the side with the nut. The other side is the variable side that is able to move freely and be adjusted.
Yes! Absolutely correct
Does he ever actually ride a bike?
I don’t even ride and I love these educational vids. Amazing work
Great video ! 👍🏼
But definitely don't Have to do this
It's a great idea though
You definitely HAVE to do this, or your brakes will wear unevenly and the front end will shake.
@Tha Ginger Ninjer no its not mandatory, but I guess if you have time, why not.
It is definitely mandatory. If you don’t have time to do it right, you shouldn’t be doing it.
@@thagingerninjer5391 No it isn't. Optional, yes. Necessary? No.
@@GTI1dasOriginal it is absolutely necessary. Not my fault you’ve been doing it wrong, and now you’re Butt hurt about it.
Hey chris fix, oh wrong video.
You know, I was just going to look this up on TH-cam and the next few days because I got to change my tire on the front of my bike. Good job bro thank you.❤
And what was aligned exactly?
This is like the motorcycle riding I uncle I wish I had 😪 lol but you’re videos help a lot thanks!
A good shop manual will tell you all this too. It's similar on my rune.
Wtf
Huh, I never noticed a difference not doing this HOWEVER I was curious if there was an alignment. I'll do this next time the front comes off
You’re probably fine then. I don’t do this all the time either lmao
This literally does nothing. TH-cam mechanics man. The correct way to align a front wheel is to get the front installed loose and then spin the wheel and stop it with the brakes. This elevates any side tension on the forks. The way you showed without doing this puts a tremendous amount of strain and is an excellent way to blow out your for seals. This is more common on dirtbikes but same rules apply to street bikes. And pushing on the bike off the stand literally does nothing btw.
Notevertjusthappensto have abikelift
Any bike. My 250, my 450, my Harleys. You can feel a front end that isn't aligned right regardless of kind of bike.
IDK I'm pretty sure that's backwards cuz the gsxr are similar setup. And the side with the nut is the captive fork. The nut sets the axle with that fork and the open side is the free fork that needs to be aligned. IDK i could be wrong with that bike but I know for a fact 100% on GSXRs you need the special socket and you have to tighten the NUT side pinch bolts first then align the OPEN side fork, then tighten the OPEN side pinch bolts.
Every comment about you having to do all of this, makes me wonder, how aggressively are you guys removing the wheel? The front wheel can't be adjust on a fixed axle. the spacers and tightening the axle, will align the fork legs(calipers too) and maybe squeeze your brakes to make sure contact is even, but apart from that your calipers can't change position and neither can your rotors. If you're experiencinga problem, id assume you've bent something!
I make sure the forks are straight but I don't worry about the brake alignment - the calipers or rotors float.
if you have a FLOATING DISC there's no need to adjust the calipers , SOMEONE NEEDS TO TELL THIS GUY.
Someone's been watching Dave Moss 😉👌
He set me up in 2007 when i was club racing 🤫
@Adobo Moto he's my go to, for straight talking no shit advice!
What exactly did compressing the front forks do?? I’m very curious!!
If the wheel has the same width spacers each side and thd spindle is torqued why the caliper alignment ? LOAD OF CRAP
The axle tighten against the wheel bearings sorts out the alignment of wheel and forks. And your brake calipers float so so-called alignment is irrelevant.
Does this apply to dirt bikes also? I've been riding dirt for 38yrs, got my boys riding and we always work on our own bikes and I never heard about doing this.
Why is it my fjr 1300 doesn't require all that? You just put the axle through and tighten 1 pinch bolt.
Why do you hold the front brake down?
It aligns itself by the way it's built.
You can do nothing wrong actually.
I have a Daytona, it tightened down with the pinch bolts loose and only have pinch bolts on one side. There’s also tabs for the calipers to line up and I didn’t have to move the wheel for clearance to get the calipers out. I’m not tryna sound like a douche, just saying I’m rather shocked with the eas of maintenance on this bike so far
Suzukis service manual for my 2017 Gsxr 1000 is this process, but in a different order.
Wait, what part of that aligned anything? Sorry but that was not any kind of alignment. There's zero adjustment to your front axle.
before you even try to lift the front of the bike up, make sure that you have a proper jack like the one he is using in this video. don’t try to get a normal hydraulic/scissor jack for cars and put it underneath the engine/oil pan. your bike will be very unstable and it may fall over twice and break your fairings and mirrors.
that happened to me.
I'm really confused right now. The front axle doesn't slide like the rear one does. There is no adjusting. What are you talking about???
Calipers are self aligning.once axle torqued up the pinch bolts can be tightened. There is no alignment to be done. Simply follow the manual. None of this in there. Making something out of nothing!
No clue where you learned this but non of it is necessary. Taking 4 years of school and becoming a journeyman motorcycle mechanic you learn lots of things, this is not one..
There is no such thing as a pair of front forks or rear forks. You have A set of forks on a bike and that's it.
Stop calling them fucking "front forks" 😂
So much wrong with this information! It's the none nut side fork leg that needs tightened last as that side will move free and allow the fork legs to straighten. Also that faff with the Calipers is pointless, they have bolts or holes that keep the caliper in line and pads will self centre once they touch the disk.
lesson to anyone watching this who wants a bike he's doing a major service job himself, let that sink in it's in his driveway he's doing it cuz all garage suc
Its amazing how many bikes that come in my shop with brakepads all worn-out on one side, or wear marks on the fork tubes. Sometimes i lightly tap the bottom of the slider so i know its settled with no side pressure on the fork-tube.
That's not an alignment that's just proper torque sequence in your brake caliper should just line up or you have an issue with the bracket
J swap jason approved. I love my 7 Aprilias. My profile picture is vin#000001 out of 200
Never seen it done like this before. I tighten in the same order just didn't lower the front to the ground, bounce the front end then raise again before torque the caliper bolts. I think that's what I saw?
When you spin your front wheel, it shouldn’t drag like that. it should be able to make at least a few more revolutions and here slight dragging from the brake pads
need help sled my bike into a dich everything seem good but the alignment and clutch leaver
My dumb ass car brain thought, you have to readjust toe.
Yepp, that's me... 🙃
It’s time to clean your front wheel calipers(pistons) on that aprilia that’s way to much drag after alignment
Wait is it only for sport Ike how about other bikes like adventure bikes?
This is complete bullshit, I'm an actual mechanic and I've never done any of this with no issues,
Damm, to be honest I'm not scared of changing wheels / brakes on my car but doing that to a two wheel missile? I would be scared shitless to sit on it again lmao.
Did he use the right side where the axle bolt is firmly torqued against the fork to align the wheel!?!? Shouldn't it be the left aide where the fork is free to slide left and right to adjust?
In all my years I've never seen anyone do this. Nor have I had any issues not doing this. Not really even sure how your wheel can be out of line between two mounting points with the spacers put in.
It's amazing how he thinks he's "aligning" something with no adjustment whatsoever.
I wanna say, if all the spindle and spacers are in spec, it SHOULD NOT go out of line.