To khu996
- Ive just rechecked my ride height this morning and found measuring the distance a bit of a pain. i found the best way way to do it was to get a piece of welding wire and cut it to 267mm long exactly. This length of wire needs to fit between the aluminium bushes that fit into the eyebolts either end of the ride height adjuster assembly. the bushes are 18mm in diameter so half of one bush (9mm) plus half the other bush(9mm) plus the 267mm gives you the centre to centre ride height of 285mm which is the correct ride height.
because my assembly was a bit seized up I had to put the bike on the abba stand, chock up the back wheel with some wooden wedges (to hold the weight of the wheel) and then removed the top bolt from the ride height assembly.I then took the whole thing to bits but left the bottom bolt attached to the swing arm as its a pain to get out. Clean and grease it all and run the locking nuts (made of crap soft alloy)right to the bottom of thier threads.
reassemble the ride height adjusted and screw it together until its as short as possible. refit the top bolt - you may have to move the wheel chocks up or down to realign the bolt. Once you have it all screwed together then take the chocks out and adjust the ride height by turning the middle of the bar with a spanner. adjust until the welding wire just fits between the aluminium buses and then nip up the lock nuts (try to get the eye bolt ends in line.)
give it a try and see how you get on.
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