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berniemc

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Pulling to left
« on: August 30, 2011, 05:56:21 PM »
I installed chrome lowers this past weekend in my ultra and changed the fork oil.Now it pulls to left slightly when I let go of steering.Does anyone know what I may have done wrong.Thanks
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Re: Pulling to left
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2011, 07:25:24 PM »
what year ultra and how much fluid did you put in.
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Re: Pulling to left
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2011, 08:27:32 PM »
2010 and I put 11.5 ozs fluid in.
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Re: Pulling to left
« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2011, 07:13:41 AM »
did you loosen the pinch bolts on the forks? if so, are they installed exactly they way they came off?
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Re: Pulling to left
« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2011, 04:19:03 PM »
Yes ,I had to loosen pinch bolts to remove forks but I dont have a clue as to original position was.
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Re: Pulling to left
« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2011, 07:24:45 AM »
ok, now we are getting somewhere. do you have the service manual?
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Re: Pulling to left
« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2011, 01:20:56 PM »
Yes I do why? Would it matter if I accidently put more oil in one of them?
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Re: Pulling to left
« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2011, 04:10:00 PM »
Sure would, the amount needs to be exact
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Re: Pulling to left
« Reply #8 on: September 02, 2011, 10:49:27 AM »
my 2012 limited pulls to the left and is darty compared to any other bike I have ridden. It had chrome lowers put on before I bought it. It is at the dealer this morning and hopefully they will figure out something. Really goofy driving for a new bike.
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Re: Pulling to left
« Reply #9 on: September 02, 2011, 11:50:28 AM »
Quote from: LarryB on September 01, 2011, 04:10:00 PM
Sure would, the amount needs to be exact

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Re: Pulling to left
« Reply #10 on: September 02, 2011, 11:59:20 AM »
Mine is pulling left as well...not a lot....but you can tell now that I'm lookin' for it....my bike was at the dealer recently...and they changed the fork oil. This site is great.... I keep learning how to fix the F'ups that my local dealer inflicted upon my bike in the 80k km service!
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Re: Pulling to left
« Reply #11 on: September 02, 2011, 04:13:19 PM »
My buddy took mine to the dealer this morning and they tightened the Steering head brgs. I haven't ridden it yet, but he seemed to think it helped some but not perfect as it should be. I'm going to try a few things myself next week. To be continued.........
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Re: Pulling to left
« Reply #12 on: September 03, 2011, 12:28:38 PM »
I brought this up several years ago when I bought my new '08 SERK Annie.

That bike too pulled to the left.  Not that it would fight you in any way, only if you were to take both hands off the bars for a few seconds to remove a bug from your glasses or something like that.  At that time I could not lean to the right enough to keep it from getting out of the lane.  I mentioned it to the dealer and he made a minor adjustment at the 1k mile service.  It never did get totally fixed.

On my new '09 SERG it also pulls ever so slightly to the left.  It's not as bad as the SERK, but still not able to keep it straight without one hand on the bars.

I truly feel that it's just a very slight adjustment to the rear axle that would fix it.

My question is this, consider that everything on your bike is correct as it should be (other than the slight pull), if you move the axle on the right side forward, would that make a bike steer more to the left or right?  In otherwords if I wanted to neutralize my hands off slight pull to the left, which what would you move the axle on the right to correct it?

The reason I ask this is I would like to try this, but I'm not going to spend a lot of time on it and would like to at least tweak the axle in the correct direction the first time I make an adjustment.  I will maintain proper belt tension during this adjustment.
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Re: Pulling to left
« Reply #13 on: September 03, 2011, 04:37:08 PM »
might be simplier to just put more weight in the right saddlebag.  :) har.  spyder
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Re: Pulling to left
« Reply #14 on: September 03, 2011, 05:28:53 PM »
I would say first check your bike's alignment. Your engine, tranny and swingarm are
bolted together and they are rubber mounted in the frame. If your engine to swingarm is not straight in the frame it will pull to one side. My alignment was off a lot and I also had a lot of bagger wobble and it pulled to the right.
 Once I had the bike tracking straight it does not pull at all.
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