Katana Wheel Swap help

[coll0412]

Holy shite I can't believe I am reading this

1. Yes the rear caliper bracket is very important to be installed with the wheel. It acts like a 0.5" spacer. With out that the wheel can move left and right 0.5 inches. Dude before you ride this I assume you at least spin the damn thing around a few times. All the spacers that came of the bike need to go back on the bike. If you are not sure about what goes where buy a clymers manual or at least look at a parts fiche.

2. If you install the rear caliper bracket, then you need to also mount the brake stay, because if you don't the caliper bracket will be able to turn and then smash into the swing arm and could cause a major issue.

3. If you are just swapping the rear tire you should not have "extra" parts

My guess is you mixed up GS spacers and Katana spacers and "close enough" will get you killed due to failure.

[dgyver]

From what I have read....

Sounds like you are using the Kat cush drive spacer, which is longer than the GS spacer. You must use the GS spacer with the GS sprocket carrier.
If you are using the Kat spacer and not using the caliper braket would leave too much of a gap to tighten the axle properly. This would allow the rear wheel to twist.

[RyanClarke]

Like I said I'm not used to working on motorcycles, but having a good background in cars I guess I got a little over zealous.  My last bike was an R6 and the only thing aftermarket I had to do to that bad boy was oil.  I'll give this one more go before I take it to my local shop. Thanks again to everyone who has helped me through this god awful process I really appreciate it.  From now on I think I'll stick to riding it and doing simple mods and leave the fabrication work to the big boys. 

[Chuck]

Oh, I assumed you left off the torque arm (which you'd get by with, except for the aforementioned possible swingarm damage... further assuming you wouldn't try to use the rear brake).

I actually thought of mentioning that the caliper bracket is a necessary component, but I thought "no one would leave that out". 

[RyanClarke]

Yeah big old oops on my part, and I thought riding these things would be the tough part.......

[werase643]

the only parts from a kat6 you need for the swap.....
wheel with tar and bearings still installed
rotor
rear caliper bracket
all other parts are reused from the GS