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Jc000
Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 08:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Boy, did I screw up—just in time for the big 3-day weekend.

I removed the bolt that goes through the voltage regulator mount bracket and the front shock mount to remove a plate with my old inspection sticker on it (don't ask...). No surprise, I can't get the front shock mount to align back with the hole to get the bolt through. Nor do I have a feasible way to lift the bike.

Any ideas? Help!
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Rotzaruck
Posted on Thursday, May 22, 2008 - 11:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Jc
I've got my M2 shock off(for a while, trying to remember), and don't think I'll have any trouble getting it back on, cause I had things shifted up and down until the bolt slid out without any problem.
I'm not exactly sure what it took, but I can tell you:
The bike is mostly suspended from the garage ceiling joists(with screw hooks) with two ratchet straps on the back of the frame. There is a piece of 3/8 or 1/2 inch rod thru the rear axle sitting on a jack stand on one side and a bottle jack on the other(cause I lost one jack stand), to stabilize things. I don't remember doing anything else to get the tension off the shock mount bolt, but my memory has been missing lately.
I may have more trouble than anticipated getting it back on, but I don't think so.
MAN!!! I gotta get back on that thing!!
This hanging and axle propping is what the learned folks here taught me to do for other stuff, and it worked out okay to get the shock off. I hope it isn't TOO much trouble to get on since the only reason I took it off was to compare it to a M2L shock and take its picture.
Maybe you can use this to start experimenting till some body comes along and tells us what we really need to know.
Rotzaruck!!
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Bad_karma
Posted on Friday, May 23, 2008 - 01:53 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Jon
Put a scissors jack between the tire and tail section frame. This will allow you to get the bolt back into bracket/case. Exercise care with this, put in gear and roll the bike against the gear. Put some thing under the tail that will catch the frame.
Good luck
Joe
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Jc000
Posted on Friday, May 23, 2008 - 07:21 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Thanks guys...

Unfortunately I have no garage so that option won't work too well for me. I do have a scissors jack though. Any particular place "between the tire and tail section frame" or just somewhere where it will release the tension? Also what do you mean by "Put some thing under the tail that will catch the frame"?

Thanks for this.
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Jc000
Posted on Friday, May 23, 2008 - 09:30 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Put a scissors jack between the tire and tail section frame.

I know this is the solution, can't get it to work for me. I wonder if removing the shock from the front mount would work—then I could slide the bracket into place and THEN attach the shock. Possibly an easier solution?
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Djkaplan
Posted on Friday, May 23, 2008 - 12:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Get a friend of yours to stand on the left side of the bike and pull it up to a two point stance on the front wheel and the kickstand (with the rear wheel in the air). this will take all the pressure off the mount so the bolt can be fed back through the hole. You might have to slightly loosen the other fasteners holding the mount on to get the last one in.
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Jc000
Posted on Friday, May 23, 2008 - 02:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

There are two bolts that go through the crankcase cover to attach to this shock mount—the top bolt is the one that's missing.

Please don't yell at me, but I take it the bike is unsafe to ride even a short distance to get it repaired?
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Djkaplan
Posted on Friday, May 23, 2008 - 02:33 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I wouldn't ride it. Did you try to get the rear wheel off the ground on the sidestand yet?
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Schwiiing
Posted on Friday, May 23, 2008 - 03:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

When I redid the voltage regulator to accommodate the new front exhaust mount, this is the suggestion I got. Worked like a charm...

Remove your passenger footpegs and reinstall them upside down (now they'll fold down, but not up). With the bike on the sidestand, take two jack-stands, put one under the right rear footpeg. Stand the bike up and slide the other jack-stand under the left rear peg.

This will relieve the weight of the bike from the shock and you can manipulate the rear tire up and down allowing you to line up the bolt holes to get the shock mount bolt through.

Good luck.
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Jc000
Posted on Friday, May 23, 2008 - 03:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Did you try to get the rear wheel off the ground on the sidestand yet?

Not successfully. I'm pretty much a one-man operation at the moment, the wife isn't too helpful/interested. ; ) I won't ride it to get it fixed. I'm not ready to call defeat yet anyway.

This footpeg idea sounds interesting...
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Jc000
Posted on Friday, May 23, 2008 - 05:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Got it.

Reversed the footpegs, got them under two jackstands, and then put the scissors jack between the tire and tail frame.

It wasn't easy, it wasn't pretty, but it worked!

Thanks a ton, guys, have a great memorial day!
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Rotzaruck
Posted on Friday, May 23, 2008 - 05:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Man! Don't those things that seem so little turn so bad sometimes.
Glad you got it going, I could feel the panic in your posts!!
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Bad_karma
Posted on Saturday, May 24, 2008 - 02:18 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Great to hear you have it resolved. Ride everyday this weekend, but leave the none helper at home.
Joe
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Jc000
Posted on Saturday, May 24, 2008 - 08:28 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I could feel the panic in your posts!!

Heh heh, you ain't lying!
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Jos51700
Posted on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 08:36 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Next time just put a ratchet strap from the front wheel to the rear end of the rear shock...Start ratch-it-in'
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Djkaplan
Posted on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 - 02:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

"I'm pretty much a one-man operation at the moment, the wife isn't too helpful/interested."

Get your wife to feed the bolt in!
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