I have the original muscle car wheels that FF used to sell so all my wheel size spec should be good. I am trying to finalize my spindles including the correct spacing for the bike fenders and things are not lining up the way I think they should.
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1) If I use a bunch of spacers (1/2 inch extra over the supplies spacer), I can get the fender to center equally across the tire. However, I find it odd that if I have a stock Factory Five wheel, that I would need extra spacers at all. Also the size of the bike fender mount is also 1/2 inch. Would it be better to lose the spacer and put the mount inside the fender? In other words the manual shows from frame out; Fender mount, fender, tire. I am saying Fender, Fender Mount, tire. I think the mount would get beat up in this case and probably not a good idea....
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This leads me to another discussion. The bike fender mounts also will hit the upper control arm and lower control arm when you steer all the way to the left or right. I did not see any "physical stop" in the steering system to prevent this. This is another reason for using less shims so I can get more travel. Thoughts? It seems throughout this build there is so many procedures reliant on another procedure, I cannot finalize anything almost in all cases. For this case, I cannot lock down the hub, because if I decide to keep the spacers, I will have to source longer bolts which can only be put on if the hub if off the spindle.
2019-08-18 11.41.15.jpg If you turn hard left, the lower bike mount will hit the lower control arm.
2019-08-18 11.41.22.jpgIf you turn hard right, the top of the bike mount will hit the upper control arm.
Any comments would be helpful. Thanks,