New Jersey sr500 tracker/scrambler

Tune-A-Fish said:
Fuckin right... I know my mistakes are neck and neck with getting it right the first time... usually the mishaps are when I rush shit these days and I know it when im doing it.
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im just glad Ill be able to get the bearing on with a press and I don't have to try and remove it
 
"just press it on" is not good tsc tsc :-\ ::)
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it CAN roll up a wad of metal on one side causing kakage at the seat which will be known uponst first trial assembly...dont worry be happy
just a square cut end ,off the naybors swimming pool all aluminum deck chair leg ,would work a treat for driving a bearing on straighter than old milwalkie drinkin' alky drives
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Had some craigslist hustling to do so I could get rid of a dirt bike and have some spending money for the week back at it tomorrow
 
Any chance this thing is seated as low as it will go?
 

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Looks to be. I havent noticed that shoulder before but it looks like that painted part you can see is bigger than the stem... got calipers?
 
It took three pages to get this done, and aaaaaaaaaaaaaaall the way in the beginning you posted a pic that shows a rubber grommet below the stock race which is missing now.

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So I looked up sr taper bearing swaps and found out it was good to go I took that old rubber gasket threw that under the new shit to fill that gap in and everything is bolted up!! The old bearing cups and gasket say flush to the bottom but the new one is magical and doesn't go as low... I started to assemble the forks with the new seals and I'll be getting fork oil for them on the way home tomorrow gonna try out the suggested 10wt. I removed all the extra spacers and a little spring that measures about .8 inch. The suggested spacer for the springs I have is .75 inch not sure about the geometry of this whole thing so I don't know if I should use a spacer or not the rear shocks are 13" which is a half in longer than stock. And I can get the measurements of the tires... Fuck this is a long post... Next up is getting the triples and forks together and the front wheel cleaned, painted, and the new bearings put in

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Nj732port said:
So I looked up sr taper bearing swaps and found out it was good to go I took that old rubber gasket threw that under the new shit to fill that gap in and everything is bolted up!! The old bearing cups and gasket say flush to the bottom but the new one is magical and doesn't go as low... I started to assemble the forks with the new seals and I'll be getting fork oil for them on the way home tomorrow gonna try out the suggested 10wt. I removed all the extra spacers and a little spring that measures about .8 inch. The suggested spacer for the springs I have is .75 inch not sure about the geometry of this whole thing so I don't know if I should use a spacer or not the rear shocks are 13" which is a half in longer than stock. And I can get the measurements of the tires... Fuck this is a long post... Next up is getting the triples and forks together and the front wheel cleaned, painted, and the new bearings put in

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you cant knoiw what you need for fork spring preload until the bike is ready to ride .its the last thing to do.then with gas in the tank you can start doing setup of springinging front and back. test ride on jersies smooth roads etc
it will be an enjoyable time if you approach methodically,balance is the key and it is just about the single most important thing to do of anything on the whole bike 'cept air in tars
few spend any time ever on spring set up, because it dont look good in a pitchur before or after
thats all
 
xb33bsa said:
you cant knoiw what you need for fork spring preload until the bike is ready to ride .its the last thing to do.then with gas in the tank you can start doing setup of springinging front and back. test ride on jersies smooth roads etc
it will be an enjoyable time if you approach methodically,balance is the key and it is just about the single most important thing to do of anything on the whole bike 'cept air in tars
few spend any time ever on spring set up, because it dont look good in a pitchur before or after
thats all
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I definitely want this thing to have a well set up suspension using the springs I have on there so hopefully I can get to that point soon
 
Nj732port said:
I definitely want this thing to have a well set up suspension using the springs I have on there so hopefully I can get to that point soon
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definately put fresh fork fluid in now
when doing set-up it does help if the suspension is warm, not like just rolled out of a cold shop
so you gonna be out shakin it down, carefully, before you even really can make too much changes
you want the stuff warm so it is as compliant as can be m oving freely,helps for setting up the sag
 
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