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Old Jan 13, 2007 | 07:51 PM
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I put my 11 inchers on today and didn't even need a jack. I did the work at a friend's heavy truck shop and used an I-beam mounted chain hoist to lift the rear of the bike off the ground. No worries about it falling over, no needing to pad the frame or jack to prevent scratching, no worrying about letting the jack down too soon. Anyway, when I arrived to do the work I realized I forgot to bring my camera.

Moral of the story. Chain hoists kick a$$.

I also forgot to bring the loctite so I have to do it over again tomorrow to seal the threads. Maybe I'll remember the camera.

 
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Old Jan 13, 2007 | 11:43 PM
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You didn't need any apparatus with the install anyways. As long as you take one off at a time, you're good to go just on the jiffy stand.

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Old Jan 14, 2007 | 01:00 AM
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ORIGINAL: but Ill try 2 try
I put my 11 inchers on today and didn't even need a jack.
I did the work at a friend's heavy truck shop and used an I-beam mounted chain hoist
to lift the rear of the bike off the ground.
No worries about it falling over, no needing to pad the frame or jack to prevent scratching,
no worrying about letting the jack down too soon.
Anyway, when I arrived to do the work I realized I forgot to bring my camera.
Moral of the story. Chain hoists kick a$$.
I also forgot to bring the loctite so I have to do it over again tomorrow to seal the threads. Maybe I'll remember the camera.
Whatcha do try?? Strap it under the frame??

I'd like to see pic of your machine "lifted".

And the new shox.

mud
 
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Old Jan 14, 2007 | 09:20 AM
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ORIGINAL: but Ill try 2 try

no needing to pad the frame or jack to prevent scratching
I like my bike a lot, but she's got some scratches on the frame...**** happens! She got some red paint under there too...it barely fits on the jack.
 
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Old Jan 14, 2007 | 09:46 AM
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Here's the part you need to keep from getting the frame scratched when you lift it.

http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/g...wl_listing.jsp
 
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