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Dude we have all done stuff like this...and will do again probably. Where you working on this at...someone here will gladly lend a hand. Hell it would be a good learning experiance for anyone to help you install the shocks.
Last edited by Forge; Jan 6, 2011 at 10:48 PM.
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Tourer
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I'm going to try to sleep on this, but seriously-- puppy is howling every 2 hours through the night to get out of her crate. I'm frickin' sleep-deprived and delirious and now 3 shots in. Think I'll go snowboarding tomorrow and hope that hot UPS girl comes with my shocks while I'm gone.
Thanks for all of your help and offers to help if you weren't 3,000 miles away.
Thanks for all of your help and offers to help if you weren't 3,000 miles away.
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get a good strap feed it thru the frame under the seat,jack it up and hang it from rafters,big tree branch,heavy made swingset,engine hoist..drop the jack and change what you need to do..unless it is hanging from somthing real strong,like an I beam,less time is less chance of something giving out..take off,put on at same time
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Yup, jack it back up and put the shock back on. This is a little dicey, but if you move your jack real close to the front of the bike, you should have enough room to get your wrenches on the shocks and remove them. I did the same thing when I put my 422s on. I have a cheapo Harbor Freight jack and it was narrow enough to make this work. Good luck and good luck with the puppy. Someone said a dog won't crap in his crate but that's a load of BS, or should I say DS.
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gforrest, I may try to put the shock bolts back in and move the jack a bit. Unfortunately, it's already as far forward is it will go, so maybe moving it back towards the rear wheel will get me the space I need.
