The maintenance sheet on Lehman's web site states that it is OK to place the floor jack under the "carrier" when jacking up a trike. To me, the carrier didn't look as if it could take the stress of a floor jack, so I put the floor jack under the shock mount and lifted one side at a time. Even with that, I couldn't place a jack stand under the axle because of the limited room, so I placed it under one of the cross braces toward the rear of the trike. Does anyone have a better way?
It also says there is a zerks fitting behind a rubber plug in the "carrier" that should be greased @ 1 "stroke" per 1,000 miles. When I looked under the trike, there are two red rubber plugs in the carrier that encases the rear gear belt sprocket; one at the bottom of the carrier, and one on the right side of the carrier just below the axle. When I took out the bottom plug, I could feel the back side of the drive belt. When I took out the plug in the side , all I could feel was the threaded end of bolts as I turned the rear tire. Apparently, there is nothing in the carrier that requires grease. Has anyone else found the same thing?
Also, the rear drum brakes have self adjusters, but the adjusters don't appear to be workingpepper. As I remember from my youth when I did brake jobs on my wrecks, the adjusters are activated only when the vehicle comes to a stop in reverse. I am guessing that the number of times that a trike stops in reverse is severely limited. As a result, I had to manually adjust the brakes about 12 clicks on each wheel (thank goodness I saved the old drum brake adjusting spoon).
I would be interested to know if anyone has had the same experience?