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Xb12xmike
Posted on Monday, September 28, 2009 - 06:16 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

My triple tail got stuck in the lowered front position i finally got it free. This ever happen to anyone? I hear a spring inside,.. could that get corroded and jam it all up?
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Rightpecial
Posted on Monday, September 28, 2009 - 06:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Happened once because I had a cargo net between the seat and the tail. I assume it was putting too much upward pressure on the internal components.
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Xb12xmike
Posted on Monday, September 28, 2009 - 06:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Mine was just in normal position for a week or so,...unused. I just could not get it up. lol
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Jlnance
Posted on Monday, September 28, 2009 - 07:10 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

sometimes you have to wiggle it around before it will move.
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Froggy
Posted on Monday, September 28, 2009 - 07:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

On my 06 it was a little stubborn when the bike was new. After using the thing a billion times it broke in and became easy to flip. : )
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Electraglider_1997
Posted on Monday, September 28, 2009 - 07:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

This thread kind of reminds me of the guy that had a triple tail, his pants fit like a glove.
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Maximum
Posted on Monday, September 28, 2009 - 08:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Mine gets stuck all the time...then after riding a little it gets sloppy. I have new parts on hand...but the issue has not bugged enough for me to take the time to take the tail apart.
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Rotorhead
Posted on Monday, September 28, 2009 - 08:21 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

...then after riding a little it gets sloppy

Seriously, now! My wife is the only one that can get my tail to work. My triple tail has beeen broke for 2 years now. Not worth fixing until I can't get the seat off.

(Message edited by rotorhead on September 28, 2009)
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Panhead_dan
Posted on Monday, September 28, 2009 - 08:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Mine was stuck for a couple of weeks recently but it decided to cooperate sunday.
Looks like a pain to R&R from what I see.
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Xb12xmike
Posted on Monday, September 28, 2009 - 09:03 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

im gonna get some graphite or something to spray the gear and the slot.
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Carbonsteel
Posted on Monday, September 28, 2009 - 09:19 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Mine did that after a long trip. I think I might have over loaded it.
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Alchemy
Posted on Monday, September 28, 2009 - 09:43 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Loosen the handholds a little and it should loosen a bit and retighten. Lube it up and good as new.
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Stevem123
Posted on Monday, September 28, 2009 - 10:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Try pushing down on it towards the seat or a good hard downward slap towards the seat while pulling it to the side. Works every time for me. The seat provides just enough upward pressure on it to make it hard to disengage from the tapered splines.

BC Steve
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Choyashi
Posted on Monday, September 28, 2009 - 10:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Last week someone posted a link to a video review of the '08 12X, and in it the guy was moving the tripletail to each position without even putting a key in the slot!
Wish mine would do that.
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Xb12xmike
Posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 10:36 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Mine was stuck for a couple days and a couple trips where I really needed the bag, I just slid my triple tail bag over it. A KEY in the slot didn't give me enough leverage to unlock it, I had to use a screwdriver.
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Nobuell
Posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 11:59 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I shoot Silicone spray into the pivot when it gets sticky.
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Ratbuell
Posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 12:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I use dri-slide once in a while on mine, to keep the 'gears' lubed up and keep 'em from sticking.

Disabling the key-safety is easy. Remove the left handrail. KEEP TRACK of what comes out with it!! There's a plastic detent in there with a spring and a pin. I forget exactly what I did...but if I had it in my hand again I'd be able to see it. Basically I disabled the thing's ability to "lock", and now I don't need a key in the slot to move the tail to the left and rotate it.
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Jphish
Posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 06:45 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Silicone spray allows it to slide free and no greasy residue. I do the same with the ignition switch and all the other key holes, engine isolators etc. No such thing as too much silicone.
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Ourdee
Posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 06:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Now that picture would send this thread to the backfire board.
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Froggy
Posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 - 07:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)


quote:

Last week someone posted a link to a video review of the '08 12X, and in it the guy was moving the tripletail to each position without even putting a key in the slot!
Wish mine would do that.




Mine does. Take the grab rails off, disassemble it, remove the black piece that goes against the spring where the key is inserted.
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