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Hey can anyone help me figure out exactly what I need to do to raise my SV? I have a rear stand but I'm not sure exactly what else I need to do and if it's even going to be possibly for me to do it.
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Is the SV lowered?
If you are raising a lowered SV, you need the stock links and if the forks were messed with, you need a front stand to bring them back to stock position in the clamps. You will need to lift the SV to remove the links and install new ones. You can get a steel rod from home depot and two car jacks to do this.
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Yea it's lowered but the link is all the way down and there's two holes above it. Talk to drewpy he can tell you more than I can about it.
I had the stock links but with everything that happened the past few months they ended up with someone else |
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You should be able to get some new stock links pretty cheap off SVrider.
Basically you will raise the rear with your rear stand, once it is off the ground, shove the biggest steal rod you can get that will fit through the hole in the frame. Put some car jacks underneath that steel rod. Take off the rear stand and the bike's rear should still be up in the air. Now undo the bolt from the shock to the link and the link to the little contraption on the other side of the link. Replace links and torque the bolts back. Put back on rear stand remove rod and car jacks.
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So will the frame fall once I pull out the links?? I'm extremely bike retarted sorry.
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You have adjustable links, so you just need to move the one side with extra bolt holes to a the next point.
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Do yourself a favor if and while it's up on the front stand, throw a jack under the engine block and jack the block up to take pressure off the cushion lever and so the swingarm can move freely... not such an issue taking the bolts out but it will help a TON when you're putting stuff back together.
I think I invented several swear words until I figured that little trick out. As for the front forks, there should be just about 1/4 of an inch sticking out of the top triple clamp (maybe a little less).
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So I went to Hokie's place so they could work on it and come to find out the guy that lowered it over torqued a LOT!
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another person who didn't actually follow the torque specs in the service manual, eh?
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