Thanks
Hi All,
Thanks very much for your wise words they were all helpful...
I just finished fitting the stand.
Lifted the back of the bike off the floor by supporting it under the rear footrests. Cable-tied the front brake lever in the on position to stop the bike rolling forwwards. Wound off the pre-load on the rear shock - that seemed to help quite a bit - thanks. Managed to get the axle swapped & the stand on without too much trouble... had to adjust the height of the rear tyre off the ground using a few spare bits of wood to get the suspension link in the right place but apart from that was OK...
Even the spring stretching wasn't as bad as I expected - the small one went on without too much difficulty by hand using a screwdriver to pull it. I then used the small spring to hold the stand in the up position. To get the big one on I attached it at the front end, passed a 2m nylon tie down strap round the rear end of it, sat on the floor behind the bike - pushed with my feet off the rear tyre, and pulled it out and dropped it over the peg on the stand without too much bother.
The only thing that buggers up this fantastic tale of DIY genius was when I screwed the old grease nipple back into the new axle I overtightened it and sheared it off... LUCKILY I managed to get all the various bits of it out of the axle... but until I figure out where to get a replacement I guess its not sensible to be using the bike as a) the swingarm linkage axle is new and ungreased and b) the nipple-hole is open which will let crud into the moving bits where you don't want any crud...
DOH!!!
Thanks again for all your help...
Andy
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