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teamgreen500:
Anyone got any tips on reassembly?  I just pulled it apart to grease everything up and I've noticed that the two link mounts that bolt to the frame and hold the link in place DO NOT want to cooperate!

These mounts are the two pieces that are also part of the swing-arm pivot/motor mounts. getting them together with the washers-shims/pivot-bolt/link seems to be impossible.

Any hints or assembly tricks?

Am I loosing it?

Manny

teamgreen500:
Nevermind! :oops:

Well, there's these shim-style washers that go under the heads of the bolts. I thought they were suppose to go BETWEEN the brackets and the frame.

DOH! :roll:

Manny

Paul:
Hahahaha, I was about to answer and flip you a little sh##, but I see you've got it figured out :wink:

teamgreen500:
That's right "Whip-Boy", rub it in... :P

BTW, I checked with Coop, he says you need to "Pancake it" a little more to get the full-effect of "The Whip". 8)

Manny

BTW, where's a riding area between you and L.A. that we can meet at and roost? I'm down there a lot and I'll be traveling with my "Training Equipment".

teamgreen500:
Check this,

I've got those 'Shim-washers' everywhere. Do you guys have'em on the Link/Frame pivot bolt? I do and they're not in the parts list for that location.

In other words: I've got the same Thrust/Shim washers between the Link and Frame mounts that go between the link rods and the link/swing arm.

It makes for a nice snug/alligned fit where the link mounts to the frame w/o causing any binding. Interesting...

Manny

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