I've obviously done something wrong - '75 R75/6 centerstand springs

Jeff488 · Sep 28, 2016

Apparently I should have taken photos of this before disassembly!

These show the only way I've been able to figure out how to assemble the springs. They don't hold the stand up; they hold it down. :banghead

So, someone please show me the path of righteousness on this. I have searched a lot for photos showing proper installation before posting this.

Left side.

Right side.

Thanks very much.
Jeff

m_stock10506 · Sep 28, 2016

I don't know why it would matter, but the springs on my R60/6 are reversed from your photos. The end with the coiled spring right next to the hook is attached to the frame and the end with the long straight run before the hook is attached at the stand. Maybe the spring windings are touching the stand as it rises and prevent it from going all the way up.

Jeff488 · Sep 28, 2016

Thanks for the reply.
The springs actually pull the stand down to the floor.
I'm stumped.

m_stock10506 · Sep 29, 2016

Try turning the springs around so the long straight piece is towards the rear. Then report back.

Jeff488 · Sep 29, 2016

m_stock10506 said:
Try turning the springs around so the long straight piece is towards the rear. Then report back.

Incredible.
That's my report.
:bow

Reversing the springs might not have been the last thing I'd have tried, but close.

Ok, now to take photos so I can put it up for sale.
Thanks very much.

surfdad1060 · Sep 29, 2016

Bad news they are backwards, good news you only need one spring when they are right. They are a huge POA to put on, almost impossible on the left side. I think you might have to pull the bolt and take the tab off but it works fine with one spring.

Jeff488 · Sep 29, 2016

Yup, it did work ok with one spring, but there were two, and it offended my sense of symmetry.
Also, there are attachment points for two.
Furthermore, lchris would be shocked to see the lack of what the mother ship clearly deemed essential to the rightness of western civilization.

All that aside, I appreciate the help. :dance

Friedle · Sep 29, 2016

centerstand springs

Jeff488 said:
Yup, it did work ok with one spring, but there were two, and it offended my sense of symmetry.
Also, there are attachment points for two.
Furthermore, lchris would be shocked to see the lack of what the mother ship clearly deemed essential to the rightness of western civilization.

All that aside, I appreciate the help.

Glad to hear you got the stand to stay up, not down. I was beginning to suspect you owned a Southern Hemisphere bike in the USA, but maybe not. :scratch

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