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Trampas
Well I finally put the lift kit on, I tried with floor jack at rear of trike, didn't work as planned even with the smaller jack stands that I had to buy, floor jack is just to big, I ended up going from the side with my 2x4 with a cut out for the ring and jacked it up, put my new jack stand underneath and then went to other side and did it. Pulled tires and let air out of shocks, then started loosening the bolts on everything, not sure what kind of locktite harley uses but I had to use breaker bar to get everything loose except the shock bolt, that broke easy, was surprised on that.
I think I spent 20 minutes trying to get it in the full lift, jack up, jack down, I don't have that big weld like Kevin has on his 19, I have a 18 and it looked like I could use full lift, ended up using the second set of holes, I think if I had somebody there to work the jack up and down maybe I could use full lift, not sure but it looked liked I could of, gave up and used the second set of holes. Got everything tight and then torqued to specs.
Went today and put 53 miles and retorqued the rims, they stayed where I had them, plan on doing it again when I put another 50 miles on it and then every so often them.
I want to thank DK customs for the lift kit, have had it for over a year and just finally getting around to install it, also want to thank Dwayne, I talked to him a few times, he recommended smaller jack stands and that was a big help, thought I would take them back since I didn't scratch them but decided to keep them for future use. Did the lift kit on Wednesday morning and then mowed yard in the afternoon and then it rained off and on on thursday so today was the day for riding. I might save some money for shocks in the future and get rid of air, maybe but I don't put enough miles in a year to justify that kind of money, time will tell.
I did have some sore body parts using muscles I haven't used since I retired 10 years ago and getting up and down off the concrete floor isn't my cup of tea either but doable and now it is done.
All for now Trampas