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Old Apr 26, 2009 | 02:52 PM
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i have not had to jack up my street glide while doing maintenance on the bike . I'm concerned about bending the cross member under the bike. Do you have to put the jack rails under the cross member to jack the bike up?
 
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Old Apr 26, 2009 | 03:09 PM
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No. .,.
 
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Old Apr 26, 2009 | 06:34 PM
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I put my jack rail right in front of the crossmember.
 
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Old Apr 26, 2009 | 06:43 PM
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I put one of the jack rails right in the cross member - seems to be the sweet spot for balancing on my SG and my old RK too. I would not worry about bending it.
 
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I put one of the jack rails right in the cross member - seems to be the sweet spot for balancing on my SG and my old RK too. I would not worry about bending it.
I do the same.
 
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Old Apr 26, 2009 | 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by tpmurray
I put one of the jack rails right in the cross member - seems to be the sweet spot for balancing on my SG and my old RK too. I would not worry about bending it.
I agree. The cross member is the sweet spot and that thing is not going to break.
 
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Old Apr 26, 2009 | 07:11 PM
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Yup one rail in the crossmember and the other forward and that seems to bring the bike up balanced and stable.
 
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Same here...i use cross member on 1 side....
 
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Yup one rail in the crossmember and the other forward and that seems to bring the bike up balanced and stable.
+1 . I have a Yellow Craftsman and it hold the bike very well
 
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There is no right answer. Where you put the rails is different based on how far apart the rails are on your brand of jack and whether the bike has a trunk on the back or not.
 
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