| Author | Message | ||
     Noobuel |
Anybody in the San Diego area willing to let me borrow their stands for a couple weeks while I remove the stator and ship it out to Rick's for a rewind? Can't justify an additional $200+ on top of the new rotor and rewind for stands I will rarely use.  I don't have rafters from which I can support the bike and or torque required to reinstall the rotor. (Message edited by noobuel on October 17, 2013) | ||
| Mcelhaney14 |
I don't think you need stands. I was able to pull the stator cover and torque the rotor nut without them. Just my $0.02 | ||
| Noobuel |
Interesting, the oil change procedure suggests you stand the bike upright in order to drain the oil properly from both sides of the engine, and I assumed draining the oil prior to rotor maintenance was required. | ||
| Sparky |
One can hold the bike vertical by passing a metal 1/2" electrical conduit thru the rear axle and support both ends with jack stands or bricks or 2x4's or whatever to put under the conduit ends. Also you have to be careful to fully constrain the motorcycle no matter how it's supported so it doesn't move when torquing the rotor nut to 300#. | ||
| B2tomtom |
You will lose some oil but not very much. I changed mine at my brothers house without a stand. | ||
| Jimustanguitar |
I put some metal eyelets into studs in my garage, and I use a set of cam straps to hold the bike upright with a set of canyon dancers. I intend to purchase a real stand, but this has been working well so far. | ||
| Noobuel |
Thanks for all the options guys!  | ||
| Torquesauce |
I hung my bike from the ceiling in the garage while I did repairs (also tire changes). I did have a rear stand from harbor freight ($35). Its a cheapo, but it'll get the job done. As sparky indicated, when you torque it down for the final time, have some hands around to keep things standing. This was where hanging from the rafters came in handy; the bike couldn't fall over. period. |
