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2007 lowrider front end wobble

Hoople said:
Laced wheel run-out and balancing would be the very first place I would look. You have not 1 but 2 planes of runout to deal with when using laced wheels. Start with the front wheel since it is easy to remove and check. Remove it and check true-ness in both planes. Then check the tire surface problems like knots or imperfections and of course balance.
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ok it is too nice out to be at work so i am taking off for the weekend. i will be riding and trying a few of the options you guys have given me. thanks for all your help. hope everyone has a great weekend. thanks again

Joe
 
Ok, I'm sure this is not one that has ever been posted about a possible cause. I have a 2007 Softail Deluxe it has never had the handling that I would describe as great. The stearing has always wondered but I always thought maybe bike was heavy sided toward the primary. Well I hit a pot hole a few weeks back and the sway became more prominent. I have 42,000 miles on it so thought maybe changing and putting heavier fork oil would help. Then I changed the neck bearings, still had a sway. Decided to live with it, then got a $200 gift card for birhday so decided to lower the front by 2". When I got the forks apart I noticed the right fork and spring were 3/4" longer than the left. I have never had my front end off except for the bearings, so it actually came from the factory this way and I have to assume was the problem all along.
 
strikezone said:
When I got the forks apart I noticed the right fork and spring were 3/4" longer than the left. I have never had my front end off except for the bearings, so it actually came from the factory this way and I have to assume was the problem all along.
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Are you saying that when you replaced the springs and made them equal length. it fixed the problem.
 
Yes that is what happens when a spring of that design looses tension,it will grow in lenth . same size springs just one went bad .
 
Crocker said:
Yes that is what happens when a spring of that design looses tension,it will grow in lenth . same size springs just one went bad .
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There is a difference between having a drift or pull to same side and a sway or wander. To me a sway or wander means just that,,, depending on the road conditions, (snakes,crown,etc) the vehicle will go in a direction other than where you have it pointed. But not always to the same side

I can not see how how unequal spring lengths (by 3/4") could cause this since the leg towers are both fixed to same anchor (triple tree). What we have is not the same as having 2 independent front wheels at different riding heights. Different spring heights will not cause the bike to lean and therefore will not cause a sway or wander.

Maybe the OP used the word sway/wander when he meant a drift or pull.(?)
 
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