You know what that actually is what I'll do, I'll get a bunch of the zipties and tighten them before I take the shock off that way they're compressed. Would I look for Government strength zipties, or are they called something else? Also how many would you recommend I put on the shock to hold it together, they might need to hold it for a day or two.
________________________________ From: Kyle Munz <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 7:43:13 PM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Removing Tires Someone else might comment. I think it might be possible to get the tire in/out without removing the shock if you deflated it. I haven't tried it, but it looks possible. The 2nd time I did it I ziptied it before unbolting it and it went back in pretty easy. Get the giant government strength zipties back by the HVAC ducts at home depot. Anything less might not hold it. -Kyle -Sent from Rockport, TX, United States On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 7:54 PM, Torry Barker <[email protected]> wrote: Hmm, well I don't really have anything that I could use to deal with that spring. I might just have to have the shop do that one, I'm sure I can get the front off with minimal trouble. > > > > ________________________________ From: Kyle Munz <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 6:12:39 PM > >Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Removing Tires > > >>Yeah, that spring, that's something else...Trying to find a coil compressor >>small enough for the motorcycle shock was my problem. In the end we ended up >>using two ratcheting tiedown straps, a rusty bolt, and some exhaust support >>rod that I think came off of a volvo (pics of this contraption at >>http://munz.kicks-ass.net/nighthawk/?p=79). I then used some mondo zip-ties >>to keep it compressed while I reinstalled it. The second time around I just >>used the zip ties before removal and it went much easier. >> >You do need to remove the nut to get the drive shaft out, there's also a >support for the brake on the right side just under the swing arm, you need to >drop that as well as the brake linkage. Also, you don't need to remove the >whole shock, just the bottom bolt and it will swing out of the way. There may >be more I'm missing since I'm not home to look at it. I just followed the >steps in the manual for rear tire removal. > >-Kyle > > > >On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 6:43 PM, Torry Barker <[email protected]> wrote: > >I've got an 84 650SC, would I need a spring compressor to put the shock back >on? Also did you just remove the center nut to get the drive shaft assembly >out of the wheel? >> >> >> >> ________________________________ From: Kyle Munz <[email protected]> >>To: [email protected] >>Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 5:24:21 PM >>Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Removing Tires >> >> >>>>What kind of bike do you have? On my 650 I had to remove the right shock, >>>>did not have to drain the gear oil. Good idea to change it anyhow while >>>>you're back there and check the brake shoes. >> >>-Kyle >>>> >> >>-Sent from Ingleside, TX, United States >> >> >> >>On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 6:11 PM, Weston <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>>> >>> >>>>>>When I remove my rear tire am I going to need to disconnect the rear >>>>>>left shock and drain the gear oil? Or can someone give me a step by >>>>>>step of it? >>> >>>>>>Thanks >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
