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Vespa px125 tire rubbing please help
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Just bought a Bgm pro clutch and the cover but now my tire is rubbing hard on the cover. i even had to switch to my spare that have a thinner sized wheel even through its is 10x3.5. bgm claims that it should clear like original but it doesnt, not even close..

what is the solution to this? please help!
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Pics will help. What tires do you have? What rims?
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i have no clue, 2 different i can take pics tomorrow
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Rims aren't symetrical. Do you have the correct side of the wheel facing the clutch side?
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Yes i have the shallow side against the spare, and valvestem against the spare wheel
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When you removed the OLD cover did you also remove the O-RING?
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My own personal experience of tyres rubbing against the clutch cover was caused by the following.

"Race profile" tyre, it was wider than a typical road tyre combined with an aftermarket rear hub. It was machined slightly differently AND I hadn't seated the clutch cover fully home.

Admittedly this was about 20 years ago - but I felt it best to share my experience so you can at least tick things off the debug list
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