So here's my take. Looking at the steps in Step 1, only thing I see here is tightening the left pinch bolts is only to keep the axle from possibly turning when you tighten it. Then you back off the left pinch bolts and "relieve" the left after the right pinch bolts are tightened. So there is no "real process" there that would account for anything. So I think I posted somewhere, where on a gas stop, I put the "warmed up" bike on the center stand, loosened both sets of pinch bolts, made sure the axle was tight, then rotated the axle a few times to see of the forks needed to "find" there "relief" spot.......which nothing moved, so the folks weren't binding any, and re-tightened the the pinch bolts. Still had a pull. Now with that said, I did have the bike loaded heavier on the right side. Weight does make a difference, but I still get the pull with no bags. When all the rain stops, I'll go give it another try.