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Author Topic: Wheel runout on a snowflake wheel  (Read 821 times)

Offline davidpdx

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Wheel runout on a snowflake wheel
« on: July 23, 2019, 07:15:31 PM »
Anyone know what the maximum allowable run-out on a snowflake wheel is? Thanks
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Offline Barry

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Re: Wheel runout on a snowflake wheel
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2019, 10:09:01 AM »
Not much - only 0.5mm  lateral and 0.9mm radial.

Here's BMW's spec from a June 1978 service bulletin.

« Last Edit: July 24, 2019, 10:12:38 AM by bhodgson »
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Offline davidpdx

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Re: Wheel runout on a snowflake wheel
« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2019, 06:50:52 PM »
Barry, thanks for the info. Looked all over the web but couldn't find it.
1984 R65 60K+
1946 Triumph Speed Twin

Being shot out of a cannon will always be better than being squeezed out of a tube. ?That is why God made fast motorcycles, Bubba?

? Hunter S. Thomps