sonny
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Here is a interesting point. the 05 Bonneville has the same size axle bolt as the Rocket three. Saved the tool we had made for the Bonneville and it fits the rocket as well. Real glad we hung on to it.
Front wheel removal
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Bedifferent
Old man on a bike
Well, It's not painted and I have a few more tweaks, but you get the general idea. Plenty of height adjustment, as you can see, and it should be stable with some weight on the posts. It figured it didn't need that big a footprint with it being in a bike lift as well. I doubt if I would ever have to extend the perforated posts at all and everything extends up and out even further than shown.
Ignore the welds as I am a little out of practice and still figuring out how to adjust my welder.
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Bedifferent
Old man on a bike
I checked out my local Coldwater Electric Motor True Value here in town as they have a lot of hard to find stuff. They had a 19mm hex wrench plus I took the advice here and made a 19mm out of a old 5/8 spark plug wrench that had a 3/4" hex head. It was just a few thousands oversize so I sanded it a bit and stuck short a 3/8" extension in the opposite end. It fits good, so I now have the best of both worlds. They didn't give that hex wrench away at $15 a pop. I may consider taking it back.
Ready to remove that front tire in the spring.
Ready to remove that front tire in the spring.
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sonny
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I got fancy. Made one out of a piece of brass. Works great. Really made it for a Bonneville but fits the Rocket. Work as a welder by trade but know a bit about running machinist work too.
Bedifferent
Old man on a bike
If I was still teaching machine shop, all my projects would be a piece of cake. I should have spent more time setting up my welder.....playing with the heat a wire feed settings. Oh well, now I have to make do with what I have. Haven't done any welding in 15 years.
sonny
Living Legend
We are a Tig welder by trade. Military aircraft. Stainless and aluminum both. Been doing it for a little bit now.
Bedifferent
Old man on a bike
I could have used you as I'm sure it would have look a lot prettier. Not quite as nice looking as it use to be when I was doing it more often. Good thing is...it's not coming apart!
TURBO200R4
stand up straight and grab the world by the a$$
YOUR STAND LOOks real good. u could cut two pieces of the smaller square about a foot long to go through the bottom and have a much safer stand.
also if u cut that allen wrench in 1 inch sections u could make several tools. and sell them.
u put the 1 inch allen in the axle and then use a 3/4 socket on it. it is also much easier to take with u.
Bedifferent
Old man on a bike
Funny you should say that about the hex wrench. I actually thought about cutting some 1" pieces off the wrench and then using a 19mm socket in combo with the 1" piece to use on the axle bolt. I would have to use a hand grinder with a cutting wheel to cut the pieces as that would be the only way I have to cut a hardened wrench. As for the extra length on the feet, I kept it short on purpose so as not to interfere with the jack/lift footprint. If I need a bigger footprint for more support I'll consider that later, but I don't think I'll need it.
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