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MAINTENANCE QUESTION

JKMSPYDER

JKMSPYDER

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I try to do much of my own maintenance when I can. I noticed in my owners manual that it said to lube the front suspension arms at a certain mileage. Are these the arms under each front shock that connect to the ball joint in each wheel? I looked at mine and did not see a grease fitting. Am I looking in the wrong place? I ride a '13 ST-S.
 
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there are 8 fittings, 2 up, 2 down, at the ends of the A arms....
whomever design this system and put 'straight up' grease fittings needs to have his/her head tightened up.... i R&R mine with 90 deg. fittings...
dp
PS: mine is an '09 RS...
 
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You're close.
Look at the opposite end where it connects to the frame of the bike. There's four points to grease on each side.

Not sure about the ST, but on the RT its just about a requirement to take off the frunk to get to the grease zerts. Thankfully, its not all that hard to take off the frunk.
 
I guess I don't know what I'm looking for. I looked at the ends of the A arms under the frunk with a flashlight and didn't see any zerks fittings. The ends under the frunk look just like the ends that join at the wheel. :banghead:
 
AND THE REASON IS !!!!!!!!

SPYD3R said:
there are 8 fittings, 2 up, 2 down, at the ends of the A arms....
whomever design this system and put 'straight up' grease fittings needs to have his/her head tightened up.... i R&R mine with 90 deg. fittings...
dp
PS: mine is an '09 RS...
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:gaah:....Dan that's because the 45 degree angle ones cost .03 more each......................do you think BRP is going to throw all that much money away :roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:..........JMHO.........Mike :thumbup:
 
I have purchased 90' and 45' zerks and when it comes time to lube them I am going to remove the fronk and swap them out for the ones that work the best for the location. But Im a little timid in the fact that I havent pulled the fronk before, but there is always a first I guess.
 
Have faith and go for it

M109Dreamer said:
I have purchased 90' and 45' zerks and when it comes time to lube them I am going to remove the fronk and swap them out for the ones that work the best for the location. But Im a little timid in the fact that I havent pulled the fronk before, but there is always a first I guess.
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Build a sloping platform at a similar angle to the bottom of the "frunk" and cover it with a piece of scrap carpet. Slide this under the "frunk" to support it. The following is the listed disassembly order to remove the "frunk". Remove the mirrors. Remove service covers. Remove middle side panels. Remove top side panels. Remove front fascia. Remove 2 T-30 retaining screws on both sides of the "frunk" and 4 more T-30 retaining screws under the black service panels . Now disconnect all the odd connectors above both shocks. Take the two small bolts out of the hood switch. You will break it if you try to remove the connectors. Disconnect the storage cover actuator connector and finally disconnect the storage cover cable. Now remove 2 10 MM bolts underneath the "frunk" and it is ready to slide the support you made under it. Lift it off by sliding the support in. I routinely do this as a one man project. As you disassemble things, put the bolts in Ziploc bags and label them in them in the order they were removed. It's not a piece of cake but it is very doable.
 
Ben Burped said:
Build a sloping platform at a similar angle to the bottom of the "frunk" and cover it with a piece of scrap carpet. Slide this under the "frunk" to support it. The following is the listed disassembly order to remove the "frunk". Remove the mirrors. Remove service covers. Remove middle side panels. Remove top side panels. Remove front fascia. Remove 2 T-30 retaining screws on both sides of the "frunk" and 4 more T-30 retaining screws under the black service panels . Now disconnect all the odd connectors above both shocks. Take the two small bolts out of the hood switch. You will break it if you try to remove the connectors. Disconnect the storage cover actuator connector and finally disconnect the storage cover cable. Now remove 2 10 MM bolts underneath the "frunk" and it is ready to slide the support you made under it. Lift it off by sliding the support in. I routinely do this as a one man project. As you disassemble things, put the bolts in Ziploc bags and label them in them in the order they were removed. It's not a piece of cake but it is very doable.
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Wow, based on your discription is there by chance a video of this? I have the manual for the RT and hopefully if a video isnt available Ill have that atleast.
 
Tricky but doable..!!

20130128_093805.jpg 20130128_093821.jpg here are a couple of shots with the frunk off. You can see the fittings on the upper arm right where those bolts are on either side of the center frame. There are two more on the lower arms as well.. :thumbup:
 
hi chupaca

Chupaca said:
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here are a couple of shots with the frunk off. You can see the fittings on the upper arm right where those bolts are on either side of the center frame. There are two more on the lower arms as well.. :thumbup:
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just ran across your frunk removal instructions. obviously you took your spyder thru the paces, hence, a question if I may. and recommendations as to the best way to lift the animal up?
which lift do you use and where are the correct support points? my motorcycle lift is of no help here I assume.
Peter in Germany.
 
I think there are no zerk fittings that

are present on any of the 13 or 14 models...

There were none on my 13 RT and none on my 14 RT
 
Here's what I did..!!

hsteil said:
just ran across your frunk removal instructions. obviously you took your spyder thru the paces, hence, a question if I may. and recommendations as to the best way to lift the animal up?
which lift do you use and where are the correct support points? my motorcycle lift is of no help here I assume.
Peter in Germany.
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I used a floor jack ( the blue one ) placed at the box frame end to lift and A stands at A-frame ends by the wheels to support. The yellow lift to lift the whole unit..
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I was able to grease all 4 on each side w/o frunk removal on my 12 RTL..didn't seem too hard...but took me a while to see them all.
 
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