HOW TO: Replace Jiffy Stand or Spring
Road Warrior
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Great job man! And great ingenuity also. But all ya gotta do to replace the spring is remove the rubber bumper. (it comes off easily by hand). Then you can retract the kickstand much more to where the spring can be removed and replaced. (Also by hand.)
It's how the sporty jiffy stand system is designed.
It's how the sporty jiffy stand system is designed.
And the only reason I discovered this is because my old bumper was oil soaked, split and finally fell off......followed by my spring which must have jumped ship when I hit a bump and abandoned me on the highway. I had to either pull over and tie it in the up position or ride home with my jiffy stand dragging the whole way.
When I put a new bumper and spring on, I put the bumper on first and cussed a bit trying to get the spring on before finally taking the bumper back off and putting the spring on first.
Easy Peasy.
Nice trick with the pennies though.
Cruiser
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From: Florida
They will get you home or at least to the nearest gas station. truck stop, restaurant or motel.
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Road Warrior
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If he hadn't been there, I would have had to find something to lean my bike against until I could tie up the stand.
I have to put a bag on my scoot so I can carry some emergency stuff I suppose.
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Because I changed my shocks from stock to 10.5" Burly to 12" SG Air/Oil shocks to 11" Bitubo shocks, had to change my jiffy stand each time I changed my shocks. I tried removing and installing the jiffy different ways....and not using the penny method to see if it was easier to do. I think this was the easiest way out of all methods that I tried.
Once bike is raised and jiffy is off the ground, remove bumper. Manual says to retract jiffy to remove spring. What I did was used the jiffy to do all the work. I remove the safety clip (spring still on), then retract, remove the pin and bushing (spring still on). This will release the jiffy from the bike...then you can just pop the spring out. Do the same process in reverse putting the jiffy back in i.e. install spring then install the jiffy. Took me perhaps 5-10 mins mainly to ensure it was sufficiently greased with anti-seize.
Once bike is raised and jiffy is off the ground, remove bumper. Manual says to retract jiffy to remove spring. What I did was used the jiffy to do all the work. I remove the safety clip (spring still on), then retract, remove the pin and bushing (spring still on). This will release the jiffy from the bike...then you can just pop the spring out. Do the same process in reverse putting the jiffy back in i.e. install spring then install the jiffy. Took me perhaps 5-10 mins mainly to ensure it was sufficiently greased with anti-seize.
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