I did a frame slider install on my 696 today, and for the life of me I could not figure out why they would not appear "even". No matter what we did, it always appeared that the right hand side (when facing forward) juts out further from the bike than the left.
When I had the bar stuck through the engine block, before the sliders themselves were bolted on, I made very sure that it looked like I had an equal amount of thread on the bar sticking out of the hole on both sides. But alas, even though we pulled it in and out a couple times, no matter what they just always looked uneven like this.
Is there maybe some purposeful reason for this? Other stuff sticks out further on the right? Or am I just screwing it up somehow...
It's on and bolted on solid, it's not going anywhere. It just looks uneven, that's all.
Pics:
(http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w431/malamikigo/0C27355E-508C-4620-904A-7F2385F7E9A0-4266-000002BCA9460AC4.jpg)
(http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w431/malamikigo/86BE5484-0D12-4872-875D-C78F85F4A0E3-4266-000002BCAC7BC5F3.jpg)
Left side, 8.5cm from frame to end of slider:
(http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w431/malamikigo/CC224AF8-29A7-4993-8BE7-84B9F1C8A7DB-4266-000002BCAFE9265E.jpg)
Right side, just under 9.5cm from frame to end of slider:
(http://i1075.photobucket.com/albums/w431/malamikigo/01C7AC9D-4FC2-4A3F-9C4C-D80D1B96B543-4266-000002BCB32FDE67.jpg)
Thoughts?
Thanks.
On friday as I was completing my bike's full tear down, I had to use an extension on the left side while on the right I didn't ( while removing the motor from the frame... also on the left was a 15mm used while 14mm on the right), that could be your answer... [coffee]
Are there any internal spacers or differences in the internal shape of the sliders?
I ask because I'm pretty sure the sliders on our 696 are perfectly centered. Granted it's a different brand of slider. But installing them I saw nothing about the frame/motor that would cause it to hold something off center like that. At least nothing that I remember (it was a year or almost 2 ago).
why not ask the manufacturer?
take it off and measure the arm individually, pics are pretty much useless due to parallax.
The clutch does stick out further on the right....could be the manufacturer's design to protect the clutch. Like it has bee said, call them and ask.