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I have a 2005 Wing with Hannigan trike kit for 2 years now and had a recent development where the left wheel rubs the inside of the left fender.
Doesn't seem like fender is riding on tire when sitting still, so I'm assuming it's something that happens on rough roads.
When looking underneath, there is a difference in clearances of wheel to parts between right and left sides
Right side has 1/2" horizontal clearance to tire. Obviously, left side doesn't.
I've checked the shocks and it doesn't look like there are any problems with leakage, etc.
The tires are Michelin 195/60R15 which is what came with the trike which I've ridden on for the past 2 years.
Has anyone else experienced this issue?
I have a 2 week trip coming up and trike will be loaded with wife & trailer. I'm concerned that the rubbing will be greater (due to the trailer, not the wife.... of course:roll
I can only think of a few options.
1) Find the mounting points and move the body 1/4" to the left - but I have no clue where the mounting points are and not sure how confident I feel about disassembling and reassembling.
2) Install narrower tires (175/65R15? - about the same height but 6.9" wide instead of the current 7.7") = about $300 and tossing tires with less than 5k on them.
3) Replace Shocks "just in case" they might be the problem? -- probably $500-$600.
4) ?????
The closest Hannigan dealer to me is in Salt Lake City (850 miles away), so it looks like I'm the one who has to fix it.
Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
Doesn't seem like fender is riding on tire when sitting still, so I'm assuming it's something that happens on rough roads.
When looking underneath, there is a difference in clearances of wheel to parts between right and left sides
Right side has 1/2" horizontal clearance to tire. Obviously, left side doesn't.
I've checked the shocks and it doesn't look like there are any problems with leakage, etc.
The tires are Michelin 195/60R15 which is what came with the trike which I've ridden on for the past 2 years.
Has anyone else experienced this issue?
I have a 2 week trip coming up and trike will be loaded with wife & trailer. I'm concerned that the rubbing will be greater (due to the trailer, not the wife.... of course:roll
I can only think of a few options.
1) Find the mounting points and move the body 1/4" to the left - but I have no clue where the mounting points are and not sure how confident I feel about disassembling and reassembling.
2) Install narrower tires (175/65R15? - about the same height but 6.9" wide instead of the current 7.7") = about $300 and tossing tires with less than 5k on them.
3) Replace Shocks "just in case" they might be the problem? -- probably $500-$600.
4) ?????
The closest Hannigan dealer to me is in Salt Lake City (850 miles away), so it looks like I'm the one who has to fix it.
Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
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