Originally Posted by RichardV6
I don't see what more you could add to this, illustrated, easily understood and acted upon.
Para. 1 refers to placing the car on two inner stands…doesn’t say exactly where they should be positioned. However, clicking on the “Jackstands” link shows them about half way along each side. I believe that to be a general jacking advice as i seem to recall for checking of tie rods, the inner stands were somewhere around the junctions of the cross brace with the horizontal tubes.
Para. 2 then talks about lifting from the inner stand and the outer stand. Where is that outer stand positioned? It doesn’t say any more.
My point is that I seem to recall that a sketch showing actual stand positions (as referred to in the write up) used to be present, but has since disappeared. I vaguely recall a jackstand close to the cross brace junction and another ( in the original write up it referred to a simple distance piece rather than a stand) placed as far outboard as possible on the tube. Then gently jacking under the kingpin and observing whether it lifted off both jackstand and outer distant piece.
It would just be re assuring to see it back again to confirm my memory.


Doug
2011 Plus 4 in Rich Maroon

1972 750 “ComDom” sprinter
1958 Triton 650
1992 Triumph Trophy 900