Motorcycle Front Fork Alignment

Front Forks some information on the rear swing arm Front fork alignment fork sag stiction.

Motorcycle front fork alignment. This results in increase in castor angle higher trail ratio slight increase in wheel base higher seat height higher center of gravity. What youre doing is allowing the front wheel brake rotor and fork assembly to move around and re-align back straight. Set sag on front forks To measure this put the bike in a chock.

A motorcycle may pull to one side while on the road because of a misalignment between the handlebars and the front tire which is usually caused by misaligned front forks. Lay a properly sized sheet of glass on the front of the fork sliders. How do you align front forks.

Adjusting the swing arm. The best way to align them is when replacing front wheel tighten pinch bolts on clutch side then tighten axle nut then tighten pinch bolts on brake side then loosen clutch side pinch bolts bounce the front forks a few times then re-tighten clutch side pinch bolts the forks are now aligned. Remove the lock nut and then try to slide the axle out of the fork.

Upgraded top triple clamps. Simply remove the front wheel and fork guard screws. If you cant get the handle bars to line up with the wheel using this method it would indicate that your frame forks axle or triple tree is bent.

Careful not to over tighten the lower triple clamp bolts you can crush the tubes. Bikes that have calipers with no locating dowels on the fork leg or axle casting must follow the following additional step- put the bike in the air and set the caliper bolts finger tight and spin the front wheel and lock the brakes onto the rotor. Avoiding fork tube bending twisting.

The first simple fix is hit the front wheel on some immovable object to knock the wheel back to center. Roll forwards a bit by pushing your bike with your legs and grab the brakes HARD to stop the bike. Then make sure all the bolts are tight.