Front wheel alignment

[Worty]

Just rebuilt the forks and put it all together (from fork seal holder topic).  Front wheel seems to run nearer to the left hand side mudguard bracket (as you sit on the bike) than the right (brake plate side).  Spindle protrudes slightly from the clamp bolt - also on the left hand side but right hand side is virtually flush - slightly recessed.  I'm guessing this could be some issue with the forks although they look straight and work ok.  Not massively bothered as  the bike handles fine but other threads suggest spindles being the wrong way round, etc, etc.  Any thoughts??

[Jules]

Hi Wortluck, lots of prior posts on this topic, mainly relating to hub/rim offset. Mine was like this and I checked front/rear alignment and sure enough the rim was offset to the hub. I tweaked the spokes to move the rim across into the centre of hub and alignment is now fine....do a search on the topic anyway, cheers

[berger]

that's good advice, I had mine { single sided} built in the 80's by a very good man, but he was in his 80's then. I had to get him to pull it over 3mm to get things correct, I took loads of time lineing up with back wheel. there seems to be a bit of history regarding single sided front wheel offsets

[Worty]

I did do a search of topics, honest, wasn't being lazy, honest   So the answer is categorically I loosen the spokes on the 'close' side and tighten on the other until I get it about right.  As I said, for this bike, I don't expect miracles in handling and I throw it around quite a bit (in the dry, I hasten to add) - seems to have gone round the corners well enough for me to get my toes on the deck.   Can squirm a bit on rough roads upright, but I've put that down to road surface and tyre wear in the past.

[bsa-bill]

I did do a search of topics

Defo has come up before, I recall when reading it realising my front wheel was a bit off to one side(had just laced a new stainless rim and spokes), it only took a half turn on either side to shift it across to centre

[Jules]

yep, thats right, no more than a 1/4 turn at a time......

[Worty]

Cheers fellas, looks like a job for a rainy day!