| Author | Message | ||
     98s3sns |
Silly move by me! Trying to replace old header L mount with new Y mount.Bike on rear stand and jack under flat spot of motor(ofcourse not pumped up to support engine)I took out top bolt on old L header bracket and engine dropped putting shock mount out of line.I now can not get shock mount back in line to place top bolt through new Y bracket and shock mount. Any ideas for a fix would be appreciated.By the way Im not a very good mechanic as you can see.Thanks in advance Shawn | ||
| Buelliedan |
When you say the bike is on a rear stand do you mean a swingarm stand? If so that is your problem. You need to get all the weight off the swingarm/shock. Then you can move the swingarm mount freely. Place some kind of stands, like car jackstands, under the passenger pegs. that will free up the swingarm. | ||
| 98s3sns |
Yes it is on a swingarm stand. Ill go back out and try that.Thanks for the fast response Buelliedan. | ||
| Newfie_buell |
Brace it up on the pegs somehow. Everything will fall back in place - kinda? | ||
| 98s3sns |
 Thanks Dan that worked! its great to have this board and the people to help us non wrenching newbies.Now to reinstall the header and V&H slip-on after I wrap the header.Do I need to replace the exhaust port gaskets before replacing the header? Shawn | ||
| BadS1 |
Shawn take a bottle jack and put it underneath the rear shock mount where it attaches to the swingarm.lift it until you line back up again. | ||
| Kevyn |
New gaskets are cheap! | ||
| Newfie_buell |
The gaskets are cheap but I have had my header off a number of times and reused the gaskets. If you get it back on and they leak then replace. | ||
| Jrh |
In the Knowledge Vault,under Service/Technical Bulletins,Blake has the whole download of the Buell instruction sheets for that project.Thanks!Blake |
