new shock has arrived old one almost out except of course the pin hold the bloody thing in bolt came out very easy, has anyone got a drift or tool to remove the pin or do I need to make one
Forks serviced and new steering bearings going in some nice rusty coloured water came out when I removed the steering head
any idea's help appreciated
cheers Spud
Great write up in the how-to thread-
http://www.tigertriple.com/forum/index.php/topic,14518.0.html
Great write up if your swing arms the same.....make sure you give it a good soaking of plus gas
:icon_eek: Oooh that doesn't sound good, hope your head race bearings come out without needing a lot of drama.
Quote from: Sin_Tiger on June 02, 2016, 10:59:26 AM
:icon_eek: Oooh that doesn't sound good, hope your head race bearings come out without needing a lot of drama.
little tap with a rubber mallet and they popped straight out and they needed replacing could feel anything through the steering but when we looked at the actual bearing it was time for new
cheers Spud
well got the rear shock sleeve moving then the bar stripped it's threads bugger back to square one ;-(
cheers Spud
Quote from: Spud on June 04, 2016, 06:25:31 PM
well got the rear shock sleeve moving then the bar stripped it's threads bugger back to square one ;-(
cheers Spud
And I thought you read my post where exactly the same thing happened. Honestly mate, its easier to take the swingarm off and get it on its side on a block of wood, 2 decent hits and it was out. PS: You are pushing/hitting from right to left arent you?
left to right because of the exhaust, the sleeve has moved. My bike is an casted wheel model on a 06 plate looks to me like the pin is just straight through unless someone knows better
my main concern now is if it takes that much effort to get out how much is it going to take to get back in and what potential damage can be done to the new bearing on the new shock
cheers Spud
Quote from: Spud on June 05, 2016, 10:26:01 AM
left to right because of the exhaust, the sleeve has moved. My bike is an casted wheel model on a 06 plate looks to me like the pin is just straight through unless someone knows better
my main concern now is if it takes that much effort to get out how much is it going to take to get back in and what potential damage can be done to the new bearing on the new shock
cheers Spud
Ah, ok, didnt realise yours was a cast wheel bike. Ive had one of them too and mine came out fairly easy. Ive always bought a new pin and they go back pretty easy, though if not too bad can be cleaned up with emery. When I did my cast wheel bike, the new pin was a push fit with finger pressure after cleaning the swingarm bore.
where did you get the new sleeve from mate
cheers Spud
He got it from Jack Lilley.
Quote from: Chris Canning on June 05, 2016, 11:10:17 AM
He got it from Jack Lilley.
I did indeed, but for some strange reason, the same part for the cast wheel bikes is now shown as obsolete, no longer available??? Part no was T2057970, you may have to ring round the dealers to see if someones got one on the shelf, Id start with Jack Lilley anyway.
I got a sleeve and bottom shock bearing from Sprint manufacturing when I did mine.
Spud, Its probably seized in the bearing, plus gas /heat should help to release it ? if you need any stud bar or owt let me know and I`ll post it .
Quote from: trophydave on June 05, 2016, 06:51:23 PM
I got a sleeve and bottom shock bearing from Sprint manufacturing when I did mine.
Is yours a cast wheel bike? As Sprint now only show them for the spoke wheel version
got the thing moving until I stripped the threaded bar I was using, so some plus gas a bit of GBH and a little lateral thinking should do hopefully and if the sleeve is FUBAR i'll have to get one made I live in the "Black Country" after :-)
cheers Spud
BI FOCAL I do believe it's moving :-)
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sleeves out and it's nice and true now to get the bugger back in without damaging the new shock
cheers Spud
Quote from: Timbox2 on June 06, 2016, 07:15:10 AM
Is yours a cast wheel bike? As Sprint now only show them for the spoke wheel version
Mine is a spoked wheel bike.
The New Wilbers shock is great and is getting better the more miles I put on it, the sleeve came out with a little use of a "Birmingham" screw driver but mainly by using a tool my mate made to screw it out. Greased and cleaned up it slipped in like a dream said the actress to the Bishop. I was told by the time the shock has done a 1000 miles it should feel really good
cheers Spud
Quote from: Spud on June 27, 2016, 04:10:46 PM
The New Wilbers shock is great and is getting better the more miles I put on it, the sleeve came out with a little use of a "Birmingham" screw driver but mainly by using a tool my mate made to screw it out. Greased and cleaned up it slipped in like a dream said the actress to the Bishop. I was told by the time the shock has done a 1000 miles it should feel really good
cheers Spud
Yep, Id go with that, my Wilbers has now done about 1500 and its sublime, mind you it was pretty good from day one compared to the Hagon bed spring that came off it