Inline HD springer issues
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guessing the neck is too short, there should not be any threads where the bearing sits. I recommend you change those ball bearings to tapered roller 'Timken' bearings.
Gonna have to do some measuring.
Which springer is it?
What bike is it going on?If buildin' old school choppers was easy, anyone could do it... ain't nobody said it's gonna be easy... -
intall bearing cups, races and bearing in frame neck,measure across the installed assembly...this will tell you where the upper bearing should sit...add measurement of bearing adjustment nut (fits under top tree), and the top nut (sits on top of top tree).
bearing on bottom should be a light press fit on neck, upper bearing should be size-on-size fit.
typical springer bearing/nut/tree assembly:
If buildin' old school choppers was easy, anyone could do it... ain't nobody said it's gonna be easy...Comment
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you will need to measure, reasonably accurately on the diameters, to the thousandths of an inch...a vernier is all you need...along with bearing specs.If buildin' old school choppers was easy, anyone could do it... ain't nobody said it's gonna be easy...Comment
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Bearing should not have any threads inside, they will crush and loose fit will result. Need to have the bearing on a precision machine part, size-on-size fit.
Is that neck removeable from the springer - not welded in?
you neeed to assemble the bearings with cups in the frame neck, measure, determine bearing fits, top and crown nut thread requirements, thickness of top tree, and get a neck machined to fit your machine.
Only time a thread can be in a hole is if it uses a sleeved nut, like the old Sportster top tree nut.If buildin' old school choppers was easy, anyone could do it... ain't nobody said it's gonna be easy...Comment
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I'm sure you figured this out but that's the problem when you try and make different bikes and years fit together that have NEVER been together......
That's why they call it custom....
By the way thanks for the pics............
By the way I think you need to swap out the stem.......... That would be the easiest fix.......
But WTF do I know?????Comment
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