This may have been discussed before, but I didnt find anything in search. Got a springer today, knew I was going to have to weld it. Soon discovered my balloon wheel hub was too wide. After looking at how the rocker was assembled I was blown away that anyone thought this is how to do it. The shoulder bolts were in the rockers with the rest of the shoulder taken up by spacer washers, forcing the fork hoops ro ride on the threaded part of the bolt and be retained by nyloc nuts the had about one thread in the nylon. BAD DEAL!!. The simple fix was to drill the fork hoops to the size of the shoulder bolt, and assemble the rockers without the spacer washers. Now you have the forks and the rockers riding on the shoulder and plenty of thread for the nylocs to lock onto. Ideally a slightly longer shoulder would be better as it would allow a washer between the rocker and the fork. Still it is perfectly useable and much safer now with this simple mod.
