BlueSky Posted June 2, 2016 #1 Posted June 2, 2016 (edited) If you park a 1st gen against the wheel stop, can you rebuild the forks by just removing the bottom portion of the forks leaving the upper in place on the bike? Or in other words will the lower legs of the forks clear the end of the table? Edited June 2, 2016 by BlueSky
MiCarl Posted June 2, 2016 #2 Posted June 2, 2016 If you're putting the motorcycle on backward you should be able to (we put them on backward but pull the whole fork from the tree). Not sure how you'd get the wheel out of the way if you have it on frontward.
cowpuc Posted June 3, 2016 #3 Posted June 3, 2016 Yep,,, at least on the 1200 lb air over hydraulic - I know this for sure.. Screw the frame pads on the front of the stand down to keep the table from rolling around. Pull the drains on the forks and pump the fluid out before benching it. Pull the scoot up into the wheel chock - roll it as far forward as possible so the front tire comes to a stop at the end of the stand and center stand it , pull the removable rear plate from the table - raise the lift until you can put the scoot into a wheelie and secure it with tie downs in a wheelie (you should notice that due to the amount of "trail" - your forks will now be pointing well beyond the front edge of the table). A word of caution = I have been working off my Harbor Freight Lift for a while now and know that mine is rear end biased - meaning that if you load toward the front (put the scoot in backwards) they may flip up when removing weight (such as front end parts).. Just look at the construction of your table and dont load bias beyond the lift frame wheel/lock down pads.. Not all bike lifts are created equal!!
cowpuc Posted June 3, 2016 #4 Posted June 3, 2016 Oh,, and yes,, totally rebuildable by leaving the tubes in the trees,,, at least I know the MK1's are..
yamagrl Posted June 3, 2016 #5 Posted June 3, 2016 We recently rebuilt the forks on one of our friend's Vstar 650 on our HF table lift. We placed an m/c scissor jack under the engine area, secured the rear to the lift and elevated the front sufficient enough to remove the front wheel. It also helps to strap the handle bars to prevent the forks, etc. from moving back and forth. ¡No problema! As we speak, Big Red is on the lift awaiting his turn for new fork seals and the other replaceable fork parts, blue dots, rotors, ss lines. I'll do Big Red on the centerstand. So, I too have been researching, etc. All of the parts and components have arrived. I'm now just waiting for the time. Fortunately, we have more motorcycles than riders so I've been riding our 03 Roadie. Here's a post on the read only by Freebird about rebuilding the forks on the bike. It's a pretty good post. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?496-Fork-Seal-Replacement Here's another good one by MiCarl http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?101822-Rebuilding-Forks Here's a two-part Youtube video. It's pretty good, too. Good luck. Heather
MiCarl Posted June 3, 2016 #6 Posted June 3, 2016 A word of caution = I have been working off my Harbor Freight Lift for a while now and know that mine is rear end biased - meaning that if you load toward the front (put the scoot in backwards) they may flip up when removing weight (such as front end parts).. Just look at the construction of your table and dont load bias beyond the lift frame wheel/lock down pads.. Not all bike lifts are created equal!! Never have run into that. Mine does have some overhang at the rear and not sure I've ever lowered the lift without a whole motorcycle on it. When raised the table is pretty much over the lift "wheelbase".
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