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Got myself a new (used) Harley, but the jiffy stand does not fall into the right place and making a mark under the primary case.
What should be the right angel between the long and the short arm? See link below for more info.
the rubberbumper does not reach the frame. The jiffy stand only stops at the primary case.
Then yours is different than on my FLHR. I just went out and kicked my stand up and the rubber bumper hits the frame rail , no contact with my primary case.??????
Then yours is different than on my FLHR. I just went out and kicked my stand up and the rubber bumper hits the frame rail , no contact with my primary case.??????
yes, and I believe my jiffy stand has the wrong angel between the short an the long arm, an therefore it hits the primary case instead of the frame.
I dont think there are bushing on this one originally. Either mye jiffy stand is bend, or there is something wrong bracket on the bike.
Only other thing I can think of is if the spring has been put back on incorrectly. Last time I took my stand off to clean I put the spring on wrong and the arm would not pull up tight to the frame. YouTube jiffy stand removal ( I think the Fix my Hog folks do the video ), pretty detailed explanation....
I would start with a new rubber bump stop, see if that is worn. Next I would try a new jiffy stand arm to see if that one is bent in some fashion. The last thing I would check are engine/trans mounts. IF for some reason the engine has shifted due to bad mounts, maybe that is what is causing this interference.
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What is wrong with my jiffy stand?
