05-30-2024, 09:38 PM | #62 |
Join Date: May 2024
Location: Florida
Posts: 28
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I ran out of cut off wheels for my dremel tool but I have these pliers that managed to get the OEM carb screws out without much fuss even with the red thread lock on the bolts. Engineer PZ-57 Japanese pliers($16 on Amazon, a great alternative if you don't have a dremel tool or don't want to spend the money for this one job). You will need M4-.70x20mm screws to replace the OEM headless bolts.
I could only fit one .5mm shim under the needle and still have the white plastic needle retainer clip into the slide piston. |
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06-11-2024, 11:19 PM | #63 |
Join Date: Feb 2021
Location: Kansas City
Posts: 2,388
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Lowered-Kickstand fix
I posted the 5/8" new lower mounting hole on the rear shock (post #59), which drops about 1.75" and if you drop the front forks about a half inch, you get a solid 2" lowering. I also compressed the preload by about 175 pounds (~ half inch @ 350 pounds per inch). This is a NICE way to stiffen and lower the bike moderately.
BUT, the kickstand is too long now. Aussie mentioned that the kickstand had nice thick walls, so I decided that my weak welding skills could be successfully brought to bear I took a ~1.25" section out, below the lower spring mounting post: I set it up pinning it vertically to a red landscaping cinderblock and ground off a section to pin the grounding clamp: A strip of masking tape was good enough to hold it for the first tack weld, then pulled the tape off and finished it off: Lovely weld, eh In my defense, most of that is slag. It was pretty good underneath the mess I filed off the crap and gave it a flat black finish. Done. The bike leans over nicely. You can even park it with the kickstand uphill now. Plenty strong enough. This worked great.
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-2022 5 speed Templar X Orange, OEM 51T rear sprocket, 14T front sprocket -NOS 2020 KTM 250SX (2-stroke motocross), less than 10 hours on it Last edited by Thumper; 06-12-2024 at 07:52 AM. |
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