At that moment, when you loosen the left pinch bolts, the shaft immediatly recess into the fork or if you want, the fork extend or open up. Also when the pinch bolts are loosen, you hear the shaft stoping against the fork.
At that point on the left fork, the shaft is flush with the inside of the fork, exactly at the same place as in the old setup instruction.
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Exactly what I found.
My ST has 700 miles on it, original 020 tires, and pulls right.
I went through the entire set up on the front end, (good I did, I don't think my axle bolt was at 58# ft.) and the pull lessened by maybe 40% but it's still there.
I've even went in the oncoming lane no handed and still pulls right, but slightly less. Don't think the crown of the road plays much in it.
As my ST is right now I have to put my weight on my left cheek, basically looking to the left of the wind shield to go straight no handed.
A big thing on the XX site is installing tapered steering head bearings. (don't know why they still install ball bearings) I could feel a detent in the straight ahead position on my XX. I did the change, and it made a big difference, you could steer no handed with just shifting your head back and forth.
I swear I'm already picking up the slightest detent straight ahead on my ST already. Bearings seem tight, steering doesn't flop over to the stops without a little push.
It's a big job but I'll be doing tapered bearings maybe over this winter.
I do also question whether it's the weight of the shaft drive and battery being on the right side, nothing comes to mind to offset it on the left.