Thursday, January 20, 2005
Centre stand
The hardest part of fitting the centre stand is attaching the return spring. It's quite strong and my previous attempts at pulling at had failed. I had managed to get it on by not bolting on the stand and then using that as a puller by pivoting it against the frame. However now it's been coated that was not possible.
I managed to stretch it on my vice and packed it with washers. There were a few false starts when the packing was inadequate and I ended up with a banana spring, but in the end I got it long enough to fit.
Now the frame is ready to transfer to a box and start to fit front and rear suspension.
At last I feel that I will get it rebuilt.
The hardest part of fitting the centre stand is attaching the return spring. It's quite strong and my previous attempts at pulling at had failed. I had managed to get it on by not bolting on the stand and then using that as a puller by pivoting it against the frame. However now it's been coated that was not possible.
I managed to stretch it on my vice and packed it with washers. There were a few false starts when the packing was inadequate and I ended up with a banana spring, but in the end I got it long enough to fit.
Now the frame is ready to transfer to a box and start to fit front and rear suspension.
At last I feel that I will get it rebuilt.
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