I second on the 2x4 under the rear wheel if you have a center stand. If you don't be very careful when you are screwing in the bolts. Before my center stand I cross threaded one side and had to re-thread. Not a good thing. It's really easy to do if you have the center stand. just put the 2x4 behind the rear wheel and spin the wheel backwards and firmly push on the 2x4. You're not trying to life the wheel just lock it in place. I've replaced my shocks and the rear cowl this way. I also second lock tight versus over torqueing - even if you set the torque at a recommended level your bolt could still come loose. I use blue Lock Tight on even bolt on my 96. Stuff just rattles loose on a bike. Best of luck - Sean
On Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 10:56:06 AM UTC-10, Greg wrote: > Put it on the center stand to work on it. You can put a 4foot long 2x4 > under the rear wheel to help lift it up to get the shocks lined up when > done. Easy peasy. Great buy! > > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Allen Thomas <[email protected] <javascript:>> > Date: 07/28/2015 2:36 PM (GMT-06:00) > To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers! <[email protected] > <javascript:>> > Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Removing and replacing the rear cowl (as > well as removing the backrest). > > No need for any kind of spring compressor the rear shock units will only > expand to a certain length, and I'm pretty sure you can unhook one side at > a time to get the tail cowl off so no need to prop up the back end. As for > torque on bolts, my general rule is use locktite on things that need to > stay put, and keep torque values down since the plastic and aluminum parts > will strip just from looking at them too hard. Enjoy your new bike I had a > 1992 NH750 for my first bike and they are a great all around package. The > only things I would suggest is upgrading the fork springs, stainless brake > line, jet kit, and better rear shocks. But I recommend those items on > pretty much any bike. If you want to jet it let me know and I'll dig up > what my final settings were. > > On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 1:43 PM, Michael Wisniewski <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > Greetings all, > > I recently purchased my first motorcycle ever, a 1999 Nighthawk 750. It's > in great shape except for a few things that I am fixing. The turn signal > stems dry rotted so I have some replacements coming. Also, the tail light > is loose from the cowl and I believe the part inside the cowl that it was > screwed into broke. There is a back rest on it and the rear cowl was > notched out to accommodate the back rest and whoever did it was sloppy. I > ordered a new cowl and should have it in a week or two. My question is, > when I remove the back rest and cowl, I will have to remove the bolt on the > side where the backrest is attached which is the same bolt that holds the > cowl on and the rear struts. I am assuming that I will need a strut > compressor to safely remove this bolt even though I don't see the strut > coming off. Is this an accurate assumption? Also, are there any common > things I should look for when trying to put the taillight in properly? And > lastly, How much torque should I use to remove and re-tighten that bolt? > Thanks everyone. I'll put pictures up soon! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
