RSV Swinger hhahaaah!
Posted: Mon May 01, 2017 8:50 pm
Bollocks.
I've had the RSV swinger teasing me from its hook on the wall for the last few months, so today I decided to show it who's boss.
However, removal of the Falco item has not been uneventful. I'd managed to get the shock links an bone out, and following Mr Blinkey's excellent narrative he describes loosening the exhaust studs and removing two of the three to allow the down pipe sufficient slack to extract the arm. As no mention of this was made in the Falco manual I wondered if it was feasible to do without removing the down pipe.
I don't think it is.
Arse.
Having suspended the bike on the £39.99 Lidl engine hoist and having partially dismantled the swing arm I need to make up a new Plan B.
*Later*
So - plan B involved pulling the swing arm pivot bolt and putting a bar through the hole to let me use axle stands to support the bike while I dropped it again. Once it was stable I could drop the ramp (until now it was on full up!) to let me get the tank off, but of course I'd filled up yesterday so needed to find receptacles for nearly 4 gallons of fuel.
Fuel decanted I lifted the tank, separated the quick link, undid the rear tank bracket and unplugged the cable to the fuel pump. Then the banjo bolt - but there was still fuel sloshing around in the bottom of the tank - much jiggling later I had removed another couple of litres of fuel but still needed to get that banjo undone... Would it have been better to undo the top end? I took the bottom bolt out while the tank was tilted over - thankfully no spillage to piss the Mrs off (we have an adjoined garage so smells in there seep into the house..)
With the fuel tank off I took the battery off to get to the bolt heads securing the little mud flap - one was so rusted that I broke the end of my key in it - arse again. After trying to pick the end out of the hex I lost patience and just pulled the fucker off. Job jobbed.
I set to loosening the manifold nuts - yes they are awkward but eventually all three were loose. I still couldn't jiggle the swing arm cross member out so throwing caution to the wind I completely de-nutted the manifold and pulled the down pipe off.
With the down pipe off the swing arm just fell out.
That's where we are right now. Slightly pissed off that it's been such an arseache and that once more my garage looks like a blind man's been looking for the 8mm spanner he lost there 7 years ago.
Round two tomorrow.
G
I've had the RSV swinger teasing me from its hook on the wall for the last few months, so today I decided to show it who's boss.
However, removal of the Falco item has not been uneventful. I'd managed to get the shock links an bone out, and following Mr Blinkey's excellent narrative he describes loosening the exhaust studs and removing two of the three to allow the down pipe sufficient slack to extract the arm. As no mention of this was made in the Falco manual I wondered if it was feasible to do without removing the down pipe.
I don't think it is.
Arse.
Having suspended the bike on the £39.99 Lidl engine hoist and having partially dismantled the swing arm I need to make up a new Plan B.
*Later*
So - plan B involved pulling the swing arm pivot bolt and putting a bar through the hole to let me use axle stands to support the bike while I dropped it again. Once it was stable I could drop the ramp (until now it was on full up!) to let me get the tank off, but of course I'd filled up yesterday so needed to find receptacles for nearly 4 gallons of fuel.
Fuel decanted I lifted the tank, separated the quick link, undid the rear tank bracket and unplugged the cable to the fuel pump. Then the banjo bolt - but there was still fuel sloshing around in the bottom of the tank - much jiggling later I had removed another couple of litres of fuel but still needed to get that banjo undone... Would it have been better to undo the top end? I took the bottom bolt out while the tank was tilted over - thankfully no spillage to piss the Mrs off (we have an adjoined garage so smells in there seep into the house..)
With the fuel tank off I took the battery off to get to the bolt heads securing the little mud flap - one was so rusted that I broke the end of my key in it - arse again. After trying to pick the end out of the hex I lost patience and just pulled the fucker off. Job jobbed.
I set to loosening the manifold nuts - yes they are awkward but eventually all three were loose. I still couldn't jiggle the swing arm cross member out so throwing caution to the wind I completely de-nutted the manifold and pulled the down pipe off.
With the down pipe off the swing arm just fell out.
That's where we are right now. Slightly pissed off that it's been such an arseache and that once more my garage looks like a blind man's been looking for the 8mm spanner he lost there 7 years ago.
Round two tomorrow.
G
