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I have a question for those more knowledgeable than myself regarding aligning the rear wheel.  I do know not to rely on the wee marks on the swing arm to be accurate, so, I'm thinking of another way to make sure the axle is straight.  What I'm looking at is using the swing-arm holes (take the cover off first) and measuring from there to the center of the axle (the center of the hole in the axle anyway)


I looked at the adjuster blocks as a possible source to measure off (going front or back) but they are different profiles on each side, so that's no good. I've also looked at measuring the gap from the adjusters to the rear of the swing-arm, but that's also not accurate for the same reason above.


I reckon to get the axle aligned straight, it has to be to a fixed point on the frame, but which point?  I thought the swing-arm mount has to be manufactured to a tight tolerance, so use that.


Any point I use has to be on both sides of the bike & has to be positioned at manufacture to tight tolerances.   
What do you guys use (no I don't have a Laser aligner)   Thoughts & suggestions?


Thx.

I always measured the gap between the rear of the axle blocks and the back of the swing arm (where the adjuster bolt does up). Perfect alignment every time.

I use either the string method or a straight edge down the length of the bike.  Both these can be found on YouTube.

Col, i did all this stuff yrs back. measured distance from rear as Barmy said, measured to swing arm pivot. checked chain was running true. spent a bit of time. end result, my original suzuki marks were spot on. never worried about it again. my theory also, once chain starts to need adjusting, time for a new one. i checked today, 3rd mark on adjuster, havent adjusted ever since new chain, over 10 th ks.

Thanks for the replies guys, appreciated.