So; Vrod Jim makes me a smokin, screamin deal on a set of chrome pegs, foot controls, and kick stand. The rear pegs and left rider’s peg/shift lever went on slick as snot on a doorknob.
Which brings me to my problem(s).
To remove the jiffy stand, the manual says to first “remove the spring” with the stand in the retracted position. Swell. How in the !@#$%^& is that accomplished? After bloodying my fingers and re-inventing certain parts of the English language, I’ve figured out that it ain’t gonna happen with ordinary pliers.
Getting the rear brake lever separated from the master cylinder is a process obviously designed by former nazi interrogators. I got the cotter pin out of the clevis pin (a process I’d just as soon not repeat in this lifetime). But how in the !@#$%^& does that clevis pin come out? As near as I can interpret the wording in the manual (which lacks a diagram for the operation) one should use a pair of pliers to press the pin outboard until the pin shoulder pops out of the brake lever. Tried that. As you can probably guess, I got nowhere. I even took the new brake lever (which has the clevis pin and master cylinder connecting rod attached to it) to a leather-jawed vice and tried to press the pin out. No luck. Can I just unscrew the master cylinder connecting rod of the stock lever from the master cylinder and chuck the whole works over the back fence; seeing as how I have replacements for everything?
Thanks in advance.
AK
Which brings me to my problem(s).
To remove the jiffy stand, the manual says to first “remove the spring” with the stand in the retracted position. Swell. How in the !@#$%^& is that accomplished? After bloodying my fingers and re-inventing certain parts of the English language, I’ve figured out that it ain’t gonna happen with ordinary pliers.
Getting the rear brake lever separated from the master cylinder is a process obviously designed by former nazi interrogators. I got the cotter pin out of the clevis pin (a process I’d just as soon not repeat in this lifetime). But how in the !@#$%^& does that clevis pin come out? As near as I can interpret the wording in the manual (which lacks a diagram for the operation) one should use a pair of pliers to press the pin outboard until the pin shoulder pops out of the brake lever. Tried that. As you can probably guess, I got nowhere. I even took the new brake lever (which has the clevis pin and master cylinder connecting rod attached to it) to a leather-jawed vice and tried to press the pin out. No luck. Can I just unscrew the master cylinder connecting rod of the stock lever from the master cylinder and chuck the whole works over the back fence; seeing as how I have replacements for everything?
Thanks in advance.
AK
