Rear wheel alignment after reservicing rear end

[FrostyWinter]

I have a 2001 standard and am a dark sider. It all started with a Tow-Pac Insta trike kit installation.  I had a slow leak on a worn rear tire ( replaced it with an identical tire).  I did the "O" ring replacement and lubed the final drive.  I followed the VRCC shop talk on the matter to the letter.  The tire is terribly close to the right side of the swing arm.
I'm re-torqing with preesure on the right side of my new tire.  Any advice??

[Andy Cote]

not sure which darkside tire you have but close is right.  Mine has only enough room to slide a credit card thru.  powder up the side and check for rubbing under load.

[Bone]

The first CT I used on my 98 Tourer was close like yours a credit card thickness. Riding solo I noticed an occasional rub on the side wall. I started adding 2 lb of air pressure every morning when the tire was cool. The rubbing stopped after 4lb pressure increase. I changed tire brand with the next tire and haven't had any rub.

[Chrisj CMA]

I have a 2001 standard and am a dark sider. It all started with a Tow-Pac Insta trike kit installation.  I had a slow leak on a worn rear tire ( replaced it with an identical tire).  I did the "O" ring replacement and lubed the final drive.  I followed the VRCC shop talk on the matter to the letter.  The tire is terribly close to the right side of the swing arm.
I'm re-torqing with preesure on the right side of my new tire.  Any advice??[img][/img]

I have no idea what you mean by this.  there is no lateral adjustment for the wheel on the axle.  Any attempt to alter the location of the wheel in relation to the final drive and swing arm will only serve to put the rear end OUT OF ALIGNMENT.

It is a common complaint from those that try car tires that some of them are a bit wide and run very close to the swingarm side.  There is noting you can do unless you are willing to alter the swingarm. 

The real fix is to choose a narrower tire.