Swing Arm Stretch
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01-24-2013, 09:10 PM
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extending the swing arm is primarily for drag racing, it keeps the front end down instead of the bike trying to wheelie. Reduces handling though
#13
01-25-2013, 05:56 AM
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01-25-2013, 05:58 AM
#16
01-25-2013, 07:54 AM
'Kraz, shiza!! Damn Harbor Freight POS!! Man, sorry to hear of your troubles but be greatful it's something you can repair pretty easily, it could have been worse...
Instead of helicoils I like to use these instead:
They offer a more positive attachment to the base material than the simple thread in of a helicoil, via those 4 prong looking things that get hammered down with a special tool after the insert is in it's final position, providing an expanding anchor kind of arrangement. They're available in thin wall and heavy wall configurations, and available in either carbon steel or stainless. See below:
http://www.use-enco.com/CGI/INPDFF?P...MITEM=319-7183
There's also a kit available [I believe from the OEM, not Enco] that supplies everything...a nice selection of insert sizes, appropriate size setting tools, and drills and taps to match the OD of the new inserts.
It doesn't take much effort to seat the inserts fully so hammering in the insert with light taps of a lightweight hammer would be recommended. In any event I hope you have it up and repaired soon.
And the tail section of the bike is now too wide for your narrowed fender[?]...instead of cutting the sections off, how about heating the sections directly behind the shock mounts sufficiently and bending them in and back out like a "Z" to the narrower dimension? This will of course shorten the length of the extensions and you'd have to be pretty spot on with the dimensions and bends...maybe make a heavy fixture you could clamp to the inside of the frame ahead of the shocks to follow the lines you want, and simply flip and position the fixture to undertake the opposite side?
=8^)
Instead of helicoils I like to use these instead:
They offer a more positive attachment to the base material than the simple thread in of a helicoil, via those 4 prong looking things that get hammered down with a special tool after the insert is in it's final position, providing an expanding anchor kind of arrangement. They're available in thin wall and heavy wall configurations, and available in either carbon steel or stainless. See below:
http://www.use-enco.com/CGI/INPDFF?P...MITEM=319-7183
There's also a kit available [I believe from the OEM, not Enco] that supplies everything...a nice selection of insert sizes, appropriate size setting tools, and drills and taps to match the OD of the new inserts.
It doesn't take much effort to seat the inserts fully so hammering in the insert with light taps of a lightweight hammer would be recommended. In any event I hope you have it up and repaired soon.
And the tail section of the bike is now too wide for your narrowed fender[?]...instead of cutting the sections off, how about heating the sections directly behind the shock mounts sufficiently and bending them in and back out like a "Z" to the narrower dimension? This will of course shorten the length of the extensions and you'd have to be pretty spot on with the dimensions and bends...maybe make a heavy fixture you could clamp to the inside of the frame ahead of the shocks to follow the lines you want, and simply flip and position the fixture to undertake the opposite side?
=8^)
Last edited by DrewBone; 01-25-2013 at 07:56 AM.
#20
01-25-2013, 08:44 PM
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