jimc101, what do you mean by "centered"? That's what I am trying to achieve by fiddling with it as there seems to be 1mm or so of free play once the wheel is in the fork dropouts.

I am installing it in the same direction so that the tire tread is facing the same (correct) way on both front and rear.

By the way, the flat was on the rear tire, not the front. I did not remove the front, except after noticing the drag.