next tech day october 20, 2007

[Lumir]

I have lowered the rear of my 2008 bike by about an inch (home made links) and was trying to lower the front as well. However, I cannot get the tubes to slide up. I loosened up all the bolts on the clamps (four on bottom and four on top), it looks like the tubes would go down but not up. Am I missing something? Lumir

[a14@att.net]

> I have lowered the rear of my 2008 bike by about an inch (home made > links) and was trying to lower the front as well. However, I cannot get > the tubes to slide up. I loosened up all the bolts on the clamps (four > on bottom and four on top), it looks like the tubes would go down but > not up. Am I missing something? > Lumir >

How about the clamps on the top of the fork boots? Walt

[Don Bittle]

Same thing happened to me. Loosen everything and roll it into something hard. Incidentally, I also lowered my rear with links. Everything worked well for the first 2 years but now I'm getting some wheel scuffing that I'll have to address. don a17

On Sep 28, 2007, at 8:05 AM, Lumir wrote: I have lowered the rear of my 2008 bike by about an inch (home made links) and was trying to lower the front as well. However, I cannot get the tubes to slide up. I loosened up all the bolts on the clamps (four on bottom and four on top), it looks like the tubes would go down but not up. Am I missing something? Lumir [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Blake Sobiloff]

On Sep 28, 2007, at 6:05 AM, Lumir wrote:

> I have lowered the rear of my 2008 bike by about an inch (home made > links) and was trying to lower the front as well. However, I cannot > get > the tubes to slide up.

I've been playing around with the front end of my bike for a while, now, and ran into the same thing. There's no reason why you can't set the tubes higher in the triple clamps, it's just that there's a fair amount of friction that makes it difficult to do. Twisting the top tube back and forth while pulling up can help, but if that doesn't work you'll need to take the caps off the tubes so that you can fully compress the fork, then tap the bottom end with a dead blow hammer. Oh, and when you've gone too far and want to push the tubes back down a bit, find a large socket that is roughly the same diameter as the fork tube. Place it on top of the tube and then tap with your hammer. That'll be nicer to the tube (especially if the cap is off), and help make sure you don't whack the gauges. -- Blake Sobiloff http://www.sobiloff.com/> San Jose, CA (USA) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Kenneth Daigrepont]

I had the same thing happen on my 2003 KLR. I put a 2 x 4 block in front of the tire, pushed it several times and it finally came loose. Ken Lumir wrote: I have lowered the rear of my 2008 bike by about an inch (home made links) and was trying to lower the front as well. However, I cannot get the tubes to slide up. I loosened up all the bolts on the clamps (four on bottom and four on top), it looks like the tubes would go down but not up. Am I missing something? Lumir [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Ed Chait]

----- Original Message ----- From: "Lumir" To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 6:05 AM Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Lowering the front? I have lowered the rear of my 2008 bike by about an inch (home made links) and was trying to lower the front as well. However, I cannot get the tubes to slide up. I loosened up all the bolts on the clamps (four on bottom and four on top), it looks like the tubes would go down but not up. Am I missing something? Lumir oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Yep, you haven't loosened the clamps that hold the top of the fork boots. They look like black hose clamps. ed A17

[nakedwaterskier]

Next Tech Day October 20, 2007 Back in Julian: 2656 Farmer Road, Julian, 92036 I missed the last one in San Diego but I am going to try and make this one! Jeffrey