swing arm too wide

[matt140cc]

Got a small prob.
My brothers rear wheel on his pitty got buckled to hell and we bought a new one. prob is though the hub seems alot narrower than his old wheel and there is way to much side to side play The old hub is screwed so we cant use that one
Would he need to get a a new swingarm that is not as wide or would bigger axel spaces be ok?

 

[wogtaz ryder]

bigger axle spacers would be the go , just make sure the wheel is Centered.

 

[Kingers]

wont the narrower hub create a problem with the rear disc? If the hub is narrower then the disc must be in more than what it used to be. If you were to try bigger spacers make sure the disc is in line with the center of the caliper otherwise the disc will warp bad, but by doing that the sproket will be mover across more too, but i dont think that the sprocet should matter to much

 

[headsmess]

spacers, washers and more washers...i noticed a lot of china bikes use washers/spacers under the calipers anyways worse comes to worse, go study up on truing/dishing a wheel to get it central and the disc/sprocket lined up... ever looked at the rear wheel of a mountain bike? the spokes on the sprocket side are almost flat... thats called dishing.

and moto wheels are easy, pushies arent...its a strength thing...

 

[matt140cc]

cheers fellas, I will try getting some spaces and see how we go.