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I have brought down from the rafters of my garage an old 850 Commando wheel with a view to reusing it.
It has the slots to accept cush drive buffers.
It is fitted with a Akront 2.15" WM3 18" rim and as yet no tyre.
I fitted the bare wheel into my 850 Command without any problems with fittings or spacers.
I stuck a piece of gaffer tape tightly across the rim and marked the centre of the rim with a pen mark.
I taped a piece of rigid plastic across the rear frame loop roughly above the axel and marked the centre
of the frame loop with a pen mark.
I hung a plumb-line from the centre line mark of the frame loop down the the tape on the wheel rim and
found the center of the rear frame loop lined up exactly with the centre mark on the rim.
However, I then measured from the inner edge of each side of the swinging arms to the centre mark on
the tape on the rim and found the centre of the rim is off-set to the LEFT (primary drive side) by 1/8"
The stardard WM2 19" rim is "specified" as being off-set in the swinging arm by about ( ) 3/16" to the RIGHT
My WM3 18" rim is off-set to the LEFT.
Do I need to worry and get the rim moved over,
or have a beer as the centre of the rim is in the centre of the frame loop?
It has the slots to accept cush drive buffers.
It is fitted with a Akront 2.15" WM3 18" rim and as yet no tyre.
I fitted the bare wheel into my 850 Command without any problems with fittings or spacers.
I stuck a piece of gaffer tape tightly across the rim and marked the centre of the rim with a pen mark.
I taped a piece of rigid plastic across the rear frame loop roughly above the axel and marked the centre
of the frame loop with a pen mark.
I hung a plumb-line from the centre line mark of the frame loop down the the tape on the wheel rim and
found the center of the rear frame loop lined up exactly with the centre mark on the rim.
However, I then measured from the inner edge of each side of the swinging arms to the centre mark on
the tape on the rim and found the centre of the rim is off-set to the LEFT (primary drive side) by 1/8"
The stardard WM2 19" rim is "specified" as being off-set in the swinging arm by about ( ) 3/16" to the RIGHT
My WM3 18" rim is off-set to the LEFT.
Do I need to worry and get the rim moved over,
or have a beer as the centre of the rim is in the centre of the frame loop?
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