Kickstand spring
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Joined: Jun 2009
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From: On the Front Range, CO
Get the bike on the jack and remove the top bolt and plate from the kickstand and remove the kickstand. Then attach the spring, and reinstall the kickstand. It still takes a bit of finagling, but not nearly as hard as trying to get it back on otherwise.
Road Warrior
Joined: Mar 2011
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From: Deep South, Louisiana
Easiest, remove the nut holding the arm, pull out arm attach the spring, put arm back on. Replace nut.
Pay attention to the position of the locking piece under the nut to make sure that you put it back in same position. Some people can grab the spring with a pliers and hook it, I'm not so lucky.
Pay attention to the position of the locking piece under the nut to make sure that you put it back in same position. Some people can grab the spring with a pliers and hook it, I'm not so lucky.
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Joined: Mar 2012
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From: Socialist Republic of the USA
Been through this a couple times so what I recommend is getting a heavy duty spring ordered by a company Sorgys. Search ebay for heavy duty kickstand spring. I found it easiest to remove the kickstand from the frame of the bike. Then just put the spring on the jiffy and reinstall. Pretty simple and beats the heck out of trying to stretch the spring. When your heavy duty spring arrives install it and throw the old one in your saddlebag as you may need it again. Don't ask me how I know....
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Last edited by mikelikesbikes; Mar 10, 2013 at 08:58 AM. Reason: slow typer
Cruiser
Joined: Nov 2007
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From: Florida Space Coast
I have found that if you put the bike up on a jack, remove the 11/16 nut and stop plate, rotate the kickstand forward, remove and re-install the old/new spring (it will fit loose at this point) and rotate the kickstand to the center position, re-install everything as removed.
As always, take your time and good luck.
Roger
As always, take your time and good luck.
Roger
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From: King George, VA
My spring broke as I was getting ready to leave a store. I had a shoe lace wrapped around my tool pack so I was able to use that. I first dropped the end of the shoe lace down between the primary and the tranny then tied it to the jiffystand. When I got on the bike and ready to go, I pulled the shoe lace up to retract the jiffystand then tied it around the horn. That held until I got home.
When ya get ready to remove the jiffystand, put the bike up on a lift or front wheel chock or else it will fall over on ya if ya remove the jiffystand top bolt.
When ya get ready to remove the jiffystand, put the bike up on a lift or front wheel chock or else it will fall over on ya if ya remove the jiffystand top bolt.
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When you put the new spring on, keep the old streched one in your bike cuz there easy to put back on when the new one brakes and it will. The streched one will hold up the stand untill you get home.
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