What Have You Done To Your Tdm Today?

[fixitsan]

Snowbird, those are 8', but 7' would just about do the job. Mine came from a skip, probably an office or shop refurbishment.



Fixit, I couldn't come up with a measuring device for the gap or get a reliable reading for the difference. However, the thickness of two bits of wood added up to the gap fairly accurately, and they seem to be the same. Access is difficult with the chain and silencer, plus hugger and various plumbing in the area. Caveat, I don't remember when I last checked the alignment!

 

That's spot on Steve thanks for clarifying

 

The reason i asked is because I 'just assumed' the wheel would sit centrally in the swingarm and in the past I 'gap checked' both sides  with a similar piece of wood to get the wheel central. I thought it worked well enough then and the alignment marks on the swingarm were in the right ballpark.

But yesterday when aligning with the string the right position was with the rear wheel not centralised.

Again Might have just been my string, maybe I'll borrow the tubes in due course, but with the alignment marks on the swingarm now being equal and the bike riding very neutrally I might also just run it and see where it goes from here