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The bike is looking great! Had a question, though. Why are you using the HD lift adapter blocks with your J&S lift? Did you need additional clearance to get to the underside of the bike or did you need to position the bike more rearward on the lift for the work you're doing?
Inquiring minds wanna know
Originally Posted by Maxxsmart
Was wondering the same thing...
Good Morning Guys.
Two reasons, when the bike is completely stripped (engine and frame only) the CG is too far forward and its not stable on the stand as the chassis wants to nose over. the second reason is you can't remove the rear engine mount because the rear lift arm is directly under that mount, the lift adapters allow you to move the motorcycle three inches aft, just enough to solve both those issues. The added height is a bonus as it makes it easy to clean the bottom of the oil sump.
This bike served me well as my commuter for 5 years and it was cosmetically a rat, at the time I started to clean it up the plan was to wash wax and reassemble... The OCD is strong with me.
Good Morning Guys.
Two reasons, when the bike is completely stripped (engine and frame only) the CG is too far forward and its not stable on the stand as the chassis wants to nose over. the second reason is you can't remove the rear engine mount because the rear lift arm is directly under that mount, the lift adapters allow you to move the motorcycle three inches aft, just enough to solve both those issues. The added height is a bonus as it makes it easy to clean the bottom of the oil sump.
This bike served me well as my commuter for 5 years and it was cosmetically a rat, at the time I started to clean it up the plan was to wash wax and reassemble... The OCD is strong with me.
Happy New Year: Mike
That's just about what I figured it was Stripped right down she would be front heavy as the lift arm is directly between the cylinders putting more of the weight forward and the rear isolator is directly above the other lift arm making the rear isolator difficult to get to.
I've pulled major pieces off my Wide Glide with her on the J&S needing no straps but have never taken her down to engine/frame. In this image of my Wide Glide sitting directly on the lift you can see why she'd want to nose over if she were stripped down to engine/frame if you didn't re-position the bike on the lift or use straps to keep her solid...
My new Deka ETX20L battery on float, it took about 12 hours to bring it up to full charge with a date code of December 2016. So when Deka tells you it's ready to go, take it with a grain of salt...
I'm still waiting to get my rear fender back from powder coat, when it arrives the big push begins to be road ready by January 9th. Only 4 days until vacation starts .
Harley-Davidson really does not want you to mix and match parts between product lines. So to fit the standard Dyna Glide fender to the fat bob legs you have to remove .220" from the leading edge of the mount tabs, next step is using the existing mounting holes as a guide remove all the material below the lower mount hole to form a slot as shown in the photo below.
This is the fender and fork brace in final mockup, tomorrow is touchup paint on the fender bracket as I scribed all over it, shorten up the front brake lines and actually bleed the brakes.
Got the pistons, cylinders, heads, and rockers back on. Still a long way to go but will be working on removing the O2 bungs, putting on the push rods, and throttle body next.
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