RE: [ST] Swingarm Spool for RS to fit "Quick Stand?"

[Bryce <bster13@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the info Ken.  I'll have to do my
research...There is also a similar product called the
Krutch.

As for Yahoo groups...come one, what's one more?

http://www.geocities.com/bster13/Yahoo_groups.JPG

(29 and counting!  Not to mention non-Yahoo groups :p)

Thanks!

Bryce

- --- Ken Mitchell <kp.mitchell@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The spools use standard socket head cap screws
> (Allen bolts, if you will),
> typically in metric sizes such as M6x1.0 The spools
> have a clearance hole
> through with a counterbore for the screw head. There
> is no thread in the
> spools. That's why there called spools, I guess.
> They're made similar to a
> thread spool.
> 
> The RIGHT way to drill for them is to find or grind
> a flat spot on the rear
> swingarm's solid aluminum axle mount, just aft of
> where the rectangular
> extruded spars are welded to them, but forward of
> the furthest forward
> position of the axle. It's a tight spot, to be sure.
> 
> I've seen some non-thinking people drill & tap into
> the spars themselves,
> and rip the spools right out of (what is essentially
> sheet metal) swingarm
> the first time they lift with the spools.
> 
> Yes, if you're in the Berkshires, you'd be near me.
> Join another group?
> Thanks, but I have a very full plate now. It's YOU
> who need to join MY
> group, my friend. :)
> 
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ntsr
> 
> 
> Ken M.
> '00 RS
> Spencer MA 


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