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is there an easy/safe way to do so with a small jack?
like this :
'had' to lift the rear wheel in my FLHTK, grabbed the rearmost part of the frame possible and what went off the ground was the front wheel! crazy as the point I lifted by was way behind the engine. guess all that stuff in the rear is really heavy
is lifting by the swng arm safe? i think not... but just a guess. or do I need to always use the big boy platform jack every time?
That jack's to tall and the bike doesn't have the clearance.
Get or make a roller block, or a crank style jack (not the name but I can't think of it) Like a scissor jack
or do I need to always use the big boy platform jack every time?
If you HAVE "a big boy platform jack", I would use it EVERYTIME instead of that jack you're showing. You can change the location of lift point to raise either rear, front, or both.......... SAFELY.
hey no body parts at risk what I meant is just to lift the rear wheel a little so I could spin it to spray stuff on the sprocket (yes I do that, may be I shouldn't but i get decent life out of them so why not), or put the valve in a position that I can air the tire, etc... just small things, I do this with the small jack in the sportster all the time...
to remove a wheel I would never attempt that... for that I have a big platform jack, which weghts a lot and is a PITA to haul around the garage floor.
so the bottom line is that it wont lift easily by just jacking the frame, unless maybe you raise it by a lot (unsafe).
I have an 8" scissor lift that I use all time . When I want to just lift the rear a little , enough to spin the tire , I keep the bars turned to the left , works just fine . When I'm changing a tire , then I put the bike in a wheel chock , then lift the rear .
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