I need to lift both wheels off the ground to install a DTC lift kit. Their video doesn't really show how to lift the bike up...mostly how to support with stands after you have it in the air. I don't want to lift under the wrong place and break something.
Many thanks,
Walt
I used that technique the first time I tried to raise the rear of my TG without success. I used a scissor jack but no matter how far back I placed it (and I did get it as far back as possible) the front of the TG would lift and the rear wheels would still be on the ground. Note that the instructions say to secure the front wheel in a tire vise. So without that the front end lifts.
What I wound up doing is to take a section of '2 by' - can be 2 x 4 but I prefer something wider, 2 x 6 or even 2 x 8, to bridge the frame cross members under the trunk area and then use a floor jack to jack against the wood. Then put jack stands as shown in the DK Customs video.
If you use this method place the jack a bit to the left (belt side) as the added weight of the drive system on the left will make the right side lift first if the jack is right in the center.
Disclaimer: Be sure to 'lock' your front brake using a bungee or a velcro strap (which is what I use) to keep the trike from rolling as you jack the rear. This is what I do but use caution and proceed at your own risk.
I used that technique the first time I tried to raise the rear of my TG without success. I used a scissor jack but no matter how far back I placed it (and I did get it as far back as possible) the front of the TG would lift and the rear wheels would still be on the ground. Note that the instructions say to secure the front wheel in a tire vise. So without that the front end lifts.
What I wound up doing is to take a section of '2 by' - can be 2 x 4 but I prefer something wider, 2 x 6 or even 2 x 8, to bridge the frame cross members under the trunk area and then use a floor jack to jack against the wood. Then put jack stands as shown in the DK Customs video.
If you use this method place the jack a bit to the left (belt side) as the added weight of the drive system on the left will make the right side lift first if the jack is right in the center.
Disclaimer: Be sure to 'lock' your front brake using a bungee or a velcro strap (which is what I use) to keep the trike from rolling as you jack the rear. This is what I do but use caution and proceed at your own risk.
I need to lift both wheels off the ground to install a DTC lift kit. Their video doesn't really show how to lift the bike up...mostly how to support with stands after you have it in the air. I don't want to lift under the wrong place and break something.
Many thanks,
Walt
Hi Walt,
Sorry the video is not as good as it could be. We are going to be doing another one soon.
In the meantime, take a look at the 50 second mark in the video below. The jack is under the very front of the swingarm (on the swingaram, where the two legs meet, right below the pivot). That way if you have the front brakes on, it will lift the rear tires off the ground.
If you try and lift it in front of the front-most part of the swingarm, the front tire will come off the ground, not the rears.
Another way we have done this (only when we did not have a jack that would reach up easily to under the front of the swingarm) is to use a jack near one rear wheel and lift one tire off the ground, putting a jackstand on that side, then lifting the other side and putting the second jackstand. This is not the preferred way, but will work.
Kevin