Chrome sliders installed - finally!
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Chrome sliders installed - finally!
Been wanting to do this since spring when I got my chrome wheels on. Thanks to my service manual and a LOT of helpful hints and tips gathered on this forum and many pm's and emails back and forth with fellow forum members Bberck and PKellyMC, I got it done. Not counting the time I spent gathering information online and running around town gathering some metric tools I needed (thanks to the Showa forks being metric), I probably have about 4 hours of labor in this job. As with most 1 time only (per bike) mods, I could probably do it again in almost half the time.
All I had to take pix with right now is my cell phone but here's some before and after shots for those that were going to demand pix anyway.
All I had to take pix with right now is my cell phone but here's some before and after shots for those that were going to demand pix anyway.
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2007...what did you find useful in the service manual when doing this job?
Other than that, congrats. It's kind of a sucky job I think...but worth it when you get done and it's all nice and shiny.
Other than that, congrats. It's kind of a sucky job I think...but worth it when you get done and it's all nice and shiny.
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The only thing I really used the manual for was proper torque values for putting everything back together. Although, honestly, I couldn't figure out a reliable way to torque the 12mm bolts because of the tool (the 8 dollar 12mm hex key from Sears) I was using. So, I just tightened them as much as I could, placed my "device" back on each tube, and tapped the hex key with a hammer a little to snug them up even more.