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Roly
| Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 02:00 pm: |
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hi everyone got a serious issue with the bike listing to one side, think its the fork on the stand spread ,bolts look ok, hellllp .thanks |
Xb9
| Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 04:52 pm: |
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Huh?? |
Cycleaddict
| Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 10:49 pm: |
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hang from skyhook,repack muffler bearing, and flush old tire air > and every thing should not be serious anymore! |
Toona
| Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 11:24 pm: |
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If the "fork" on the kick stand pivot is spread, the bolt is broken. Mine was. |
Cochise
| Posted on Monday, September 25, 2006 - 11:35 pm: |
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..or if the old one has broken at any time. As was what happened to mine. Kinda scary, keep an eye on it. |
Littleone
| Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 02:57 am: |
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Yup my side stand broke off while riding down the road. Sucked when i needed to get off the bike. When i found some of the parts on the side of the road the bolt was sheared (Message edited by Littleone on September 26, 2006) |
Sgthigg
| Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 03:18 am: |
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Guess what you cant just get the bolt anymore. You got to by the whole kit 42$ for a 2$ bolt. Sucks even more now hugh? |
Littleone
| Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 01:40 pm: |
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Hopefully that means it's cause they changed the design of it to make it better. |
Fullpower
| Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 01:54 pm: |
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if the stand has "spread its fork", just lean the bike against the wall, on right side, remove the side stand, squeeze the fork shut a bit in a vise, reinstall with a touch of grease on the smooth bearing surface, and loctite on the threaded portion of the pivot bolt. |
Rhun
| Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 03:18 pm: |
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So they quit making the bolt? I wondered why I've been waiting a month for one. The new tech inspectors just want it tied not removed, so I thought I'd put it back on to make it easier at home. |
Gentleman_jon
| Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 03:56 pm: |
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The kick stand does not require a $42 bolt. One of the brothers posted a nice conversion where he drilled the thing out to half inch, put the bolt in from the back. Worked like a dream. Could someone, such as the original author, repost, and possibly correct my impressions if not accurate? |
Diablobrian
| Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 04:18 pm: |
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Be sure to use a grade 8 or better bolt if you do replace the kickstand bolt! Also be sure that it pivots on a shoulder or bushing, not on the threads. The threads would wear down, possibly through the hardened surface, and you would end up with either a sloppy fit, or worse a sheared bolt (again). I was a machinist for several years and have seen failures like that more times than I care to remember. I'm sure others on the board have too. |
Roly
| Posted on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 04:40 pm: |
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hi done it ,sent it back to the dealers 130 miles away ,see the outcome in a few days. thanks. |
Cactus_dave
| Posted on Wednesday, September 27, 2006 - 07:34 am: |
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I replaced mine after finding out that it had sheared off at the threads...it took the HD dealer 1 month to get it in. When I finally got it, on the package it came in to my horror ....... "Made in Taiwan" |
Roly
| Posted on Thursday, September 28, 2006 - 04:40 am: |
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hi sorted it was the bolt though the stand,could of fell over anytime. |
Vaneo1
| Posted on Thursday, September 28, 2006 - 08:19 pm: |
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warranty issue? |
Roly
| Posted on Sunday, October 01, 2006 - 01:31 pm: |
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hi picked the bike up rode home in gale force winds and heavy rain all the way back 135 miles,did'nt miss a beat. seen some water go down the fuel tank when filling up in the rain . |
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