placing trike on jackstands
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can you place the jackstands under the trike on the rear body mount locations ? this is were the mufflers bolt to. this seems to be alot of weight on these braces. whet i'm thinking is jack it upon the axle tube and then place jackstands behind on the braces running back. oictures of where to place the stands would be nice.
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can you place the jackstands under the trike on the rear body mount locations ? this is were the mufflers bolt to. this seems to be alot of weight on these braces. whet i'm thinking is jack it upon the axle tube and then place jackstands behind on the braces running back. oictures of where to place the stands would be nice.
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In this picture you can see what I put the jack at when I lifted the back of the trike up.
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i thought you were suppose to stay off of the carrier with the jack? i heardso many different stories of where to put the jacks on these trikes it's confusing. what about when you have to remove the swingarm ? i don't see where there is enough room to jack it up and then put the stands under it.
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- Secure the front wheel. (a wheel chock or velcro holding the front brake lever works well).
- Raise rear of Trike until both rear tires are off the ground 2-3 inches
- Place jack stands under cross member (closest to front wheel) below trunk area. Remove jacks from under axle so that the tires are still off the ground and the weight is being supported by the jack stands.
- Place a jack under the rear pulley housing/guard. Leave a 1 inch space between the jack & the bottom of the guard. (this will be used later to adjust the axle for easy shock re-installation)
i thought you were suppose to stay off of the carrier with the jack? i heardso many different stories of where to put the jacks on these trikes it's confusing. what about when you have to remove the swingarm ? i don't see where there is enough room to jack it up and then put the stands under it.
The weigh of the bike is being held up by the jack stands, the scissor or hydraulic jack under the guard is only moving the weight of the swingarm.
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i thought you were suppose to stay off of the carrier with the jack? i heardso many different stories of where to put the jacks on these trikes it's confusing. what about when you have to remove the swingarm ? i don't see where there is enough room to jack it up and then put the stands under it.
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