Help please. Gen 1 250R and front wheel spacers

[MPDano]

Putting my front wheel back on and the spacing looks incorrect. To where I can't mount the brake caliper back to the fork, it's about 3mm off. I put the longer spacer on the left side and shorter on right.

The strange thing is that the service manual doesn't even mention the spacers.

[MPDano]

Ok, I am an idiot. Just slid the wheel toward the caliper and it lined right up.

I still got this large gap on the left side. Is this normal? Do I just put the nut on and tighten till it squeezes together? Seems like a lot of space.

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[jeswinehart]

Yes, pull your forks together as you tighten the 4 pinch bolt clamp. I snug them and tap the fork with rubber mallot.
Just so happens I have my front tire off for a bead leak repair (again,,,,)

[M.Pargiello]

No 4 bolt pinch clamp on a first gen, John :) Just a threaded axle. And it sucks.

Both of ours have this odd spacing as well.

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Short spacer on the brake side, long on the open side. That's the only way ours line up.

[jeswinehart]

Oh chit ! I had 83/84 R on my mind. So do you just pull them together ???

[MPDano]

Thanks guys. Just tightened the nut down and it pulled the forks together. Put in a cotter pin, done. Just strange that it has that much space untightened.