Postby amartina75 » Mon Jan 28, 2013 7:18 pm
I am getting ready to rebuild the wheels on my 66 250 scrambler. before I took the front wheel off I measured the front rim to see if it was centered between the forks and it was. Before i took the front wheel apart I measured to see if the front rim was offset to the hub, and it was. The hub was offset 6mm closer to the rim on the brake side of the wheel. The last set of wheels I built for my 450 jupiter I built without any offset, because I searched for information and it seemed that most people said there should be no offset. When I installed the front wheel on my Jupiter I had to install a spacer between the brake plate and the hub on the inside, as Eldert suggested, to center the wheel and have the lug on the fork to fully engage the brake plate.
In searching this forum I didn't feel like there was a definate answer given as to if the front wheel should be offset or not. from what I have seen there seems to be good reason to have an offset, does anyone have any opinions or other information about this?
thanks
1966 250 Scrambler
1970 450 Jupiter