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Pivot Maintenance - FJR Stand?
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<blockquote data-quote="audiowize" data-source="post: 1232774" data-attributes="member: 86750"><p>People are going to give me a hard time for this, but when I had to do mine, I used the floor jack with the wood support to lift the bike initially. Next, I opened my garage door up, then unplugged the opener. On the garage door itself, the hardware that links adjoining door panels is stamped steel and had a natural place to slip a nylon strap through. I then used this as a point from which to lever the back tire of the FJR off the ground.</p><p></p><p>I would note that the garage door that I have is solid wood and very heavy (several hundred pounds based on the spring tension required to set the door to be neutral), there's no way I would do this on a plastic garage door. You might also look at the various bits of steel that hang the door itself, as you may be able to slip a strap in at one of the support points. (Focus on letting the angle iron hold the weight at an angle that pulls down on the angle iron, not laterally)</p><p></p><p>If all else fails, I have hung precarious amounts of weight from self tapping eye bolts in the 3/8"-1/2" range screwed into ceiling joists. If you're ultra paranoid, put two of them into the ceiling into the same joist, maybe 6" apart. If one fails, the bike will drop about 3".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="audiowize, post: 1232774, member: 86750"] People are going to give me a hard time for this, but when I had to do mine, I used the floor jack with the wood support to lift the bike initially. Next, I opened my garage door up, then unplugged the opener. On the garage door itself, the hardware that links adjoining door panels is stamped steel and had a natural place to slip a nylon strap through. I then used this as a point from which to lever the back tire of the FJR off the ground. I would note that the garage door that I have is solid wood and very heavy (several hundred pounds based on the spring tension required to set the door to be neutral), there's no way I would do this on a plastic garage door. You might also look at the various bits of steel that hang the door itself, as you may be able to slip a strap in at one of the support points. (Focus on letting the angle iron hold the weight at an angle that pulls down on the angle iron, not laterally) If all else fails, I have hung precarious amounts of weight from self tapping eye bolts in the 3/8"-1/2" range screwed into ceiling joists. If you're ultra paranoid, put two of them into the ceiling into the same joist, maybe 6" apart. If one fails, the bike will drop about 3". [/QUOTE]
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