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Wheel swap conundrum....*solved*
Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 11:38 am
by varden
It looks like I'm going to the ANZAC day track day at QR.
But to fully enjoy the experience i need to transplant the wheels and slicks off dead trackie onto my road bike.
This plan meant i had to bring forward my front stand purchase plans.
The fun part will be getting the wheeless bike off the race stands so i can put the wheels on other bike. Then putting the trackie back onto the stands to fit road wheels so i can take my race stands with me.
Any ideas that don't involve getting another pair of race stands?
Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 11:41 am
by roundman58
Any overhead beams you can attach some chains to?
Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 11:41 am
by photomike666
Use a car jack on the sump it will lift the front enough to get the axel out. Just be careful as it's not as stable as a propper jack. You may have to drop the headers, but that allows the jack further forwards and more stability.
Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 12:32 pm
by Stereo
Buy more race stands... or borrow some for the operation....
Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 12:48 pm
by zbeast
Try some car stands
Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 12:57 pm
by varden
Stereo wrote: Buy more race stands...
Read the whole post before you reply champ.
Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 1:10 pm
by balanse
Do one end at a time.
Use one track stand to keep it stable and something else (like aforementioned jack) to prop up t'other.
If the doesnt appeal much then another method is to lay the rooted one on it's side after you loosen the wheel nuts and use the stands on the good'n.
Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 2:47 pm
by Wattie
off topic but, sould you swap the pads with the wheels too? incase they are grooved a bit and will still match the disc... or am i stupid??
Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:50 pm
by ZX10R King
If ya have a car ya can come and borrow mine, depending on what day u wish to perform this operation
Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 5:59 pm
by Mitch
when i got the forks done, i had the old girls front end hanging from the rafters for a week. i just used a couple of tie downs around the top triple clamp and up to the beam. a car jack works ok too
Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 9:39 pm
by Neka79
ummm car jack under sump works fine...
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 12:04 am
by varden
good advice people
even neka made sense!
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I have car axle stands a trolley jack and rafters to hang bike from so i should be right!
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 9:07 am
by HemiDuty
My stands are up for borrowing too if ya need em man.
Good to see you are getting your priorities right dude....
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:21 am
by mick_dundee
varden wrote:even neka made sense!
Just goes to show you can believe in miracles still, now al we need is Mina to post something worth reading, nahhhhhhh that might be strecthing the miracle thing a bit much....
Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:19 am
by Neka79
mick_dundee wrote:varden wrote:even neka made sense!
Just goes to show you can believe in miracles still, now al we need is Mina to post something worth reading, nahhhhhhh that might be strecthing the miracle thing a bit much....
it will happen..just not for another 8 months or so...u couldnt get a serious post out of both of us in the same year..