Jacking up bandit 600 k2 help please?

Harley · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 14 May 2012 Karma :

I am having a little trouble jacking up the bandit, I am jacking it from the stock tie bars to some new ones 40mm shorter. I have taken the origional tie bars out and attached the new ones through the bottom axel. but the wheel doesnt drop low enough for the tie bars to fit? it is gettign stuck on something (pretty sure its the bottom of the shock) how do I get around this?

bombom · Scooby Slapper Joined: 22 May 2011 Karma :

sounds like same problem i had ,
i had actualy bought some dog bones which where too small and rear wheel wouldnt drop enough to fit them so re-ordered some correct size ones from ebays and problem solved
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Harley · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 14 May 2012 Karma :

What size did you havethat didnt fit? and what did you change too? was it that you were trying to jack it too high?

mattsprattuk · Super Spammer Joined: 12 Mar 2007 Karma :

Why would you even do this??
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Pete. · Super Spammer Joined: 22 Aug 2006 Karma :

40mm shorter is a huge amount.

What you should do is this:

Decide how high you would like your rear to sit. Get the tail up to the desired height on a paddock/abba stand then drop off the bolt from one end of the stock dogbones. The rear wheel will drop to the floor. Now shove the bolt back through the hole and scrape one dogbone on the end of the bolt to leave a mark, then remove the dogbones completely. The mark will give you your hole centers for your new ride-height.
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johnsmith222 · World Chat Champion Joined: 26 Dec 2008 Karma :

You do realise that reducing the dogbone length by 4cm is going to raise the rear by something ridiculous/potentially dangerous as 10 to 12cm higher?

Don't do it. It is a bad idea.

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Harley · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 14 May 2012 Karma :

Just been reading online that apparently for every 4mm length taken off the dog bones provides 25mm of lift at the end of the bike....could this be right?