center stand spring

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11s
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center stand spring

Post by 11s »

any easy ways of gettin it off and then back on again ?
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Post by Me-109 »

Not something I have to worry about, but normal practice is to leave the spring connected and unbolt the stand in its folded up position. Then you can normally lever the stand out of place and remove the spring afterwards.

Refitting is, as always so easily put in Mr Haynes finest, the reverse of the above. Connect up the spring and then slot or lever the stand back into position with the spring in its 'relaxed' mode.
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Post by adamski49 »

I haven't tried it for a while but I recall using a cable tie at some point. Ring spanner also works. Anything that gives you enough to hold and pull the spring into position and then just move it to the open end of the spring and off. If you're putting a new spring on the old one works too.

Adam :) (Anything but the right tool for the job :wink: )
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Post by Rossy1100S »

Removed mine last year for a track day using Me-109's theory. Leave the spring on and undo the stand retaining bolts and once the tension is out of the spring you can easily remove it. Saves looking all over the garage floor for the missing bits....... :lol:

Same principle putting it back, attach spring under no tension, fasten retaing bolt loosely on l.h.s and then use the stand as a lever to pull it back into its normal position on r.h.s, pop in retaining bolts and re-torque to finish job. Takes no more than 10 mins each time.

Good luck

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Post by oyster »

Old workshop trick Confucious taught me: press a washer into every coil of the loose spring, hook it up, then carefully pull the washers out!
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