Harbor Freight 63397 motorcycle lift - high enough for sway bar install?

[troop]

I don't put the rear tire on the ramp. I place the car ramps under the rear side of the front wheels so that instead of driving up on them forwards. I back on to them and then lift from the front making sure to use the crossmembers to lift with the center frame centered in between the pad extensions so it lifts evenly .

Ahhh.... OK. Yup, I always back up the ramps.

 

[bhbuster]

It will do it. Stabilize the front with jack stands...

 

[Quickdraw]

It will do it. Stabilize the front with jack stands...

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That's what I did as well.

 

[CloverHillCrawler]

While that works and I am not saying that it is wrong , it appears that the spyder frame is teetering on one pad until you get the jack stands underneath. I personally cringe while looking at that.

Until the jackstands are underneath the weight of the spyder can roll side to side.

If you back onto some car ramps first you can use the extensions (more height for lifting) and come in from the front on the crossmembers and have two stable contact points on the pads that prevents that roll while you get it on the jackstands.

Make sure the pads are not in contact with the plastic covers in the front and are only in contact with the crossmembers or you can stress the plastic and break it.

I would take some pics to show how to do it but I have the CC somewhat disassembled to get in some winter maint. while the salt is back out on the roads and wrap the cat delete which I did yesterday and have some panels removed to add in a little bit more color.

Its under covers and in back of the garage so the silverado can be inside for the snow tomorrow.

 

[2dogs]

While that works and I am not saying that it is wrong , it appears that the spyder frame is teetering on one pad until you get the jack stands underneath. I personally cringe while looking at that.
.....

:yikes: :agree:

 

[PMK]

Be safe, avoid bad mistakes.

No, this is not an aircraft I work on. Just a really bad decision on jacking the aircraft using an electric winch as part of the tail tub, that holds the tail down.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxptb3SB5V0

 

[Isopedella]

Yup. If it goes.... its very fast and heavy. Get me under there....no way.
Thats why I did the lift in stages and level using blocks and axle stands.
Going nowhere fast and solid as a rock.

But each to their own I guess. What could possibly go wrong?
It took as long to swap the bar out as to lift it up there.
Can only but wonder why its not completed by now.

 

[Quickdraw]

While that works and I am not saying that it is wrong , it appears that the spyder frame is teetering on one pad until you get the jack stands underneath. I personally cringe while looking at that.

Until the jackstands are underneath the weight of the spyder can roll side to side.

If you back onto some car ramps first you can use the extensions (more height for lifting) and come in from the front on the crossmembers and have two stable contact points on the pads that prevents that roll while you get it on the jackstands.

Make sure the pads are not in contact with the plastic covers in the front and are only in contact with the crossmembers or you can stress the plastic and break it.

I would take some pics to show how to do it but I have the CC somewhat disassembled to get in some winter maint. while the salt is back out on the roads and wrap the cat delete which I did yesterday and have some panels removed to add in a little bit more color.

Its under covers and in back of the garage so the silverado can be inside for the snow tomorrow.

I actually lifted all 3 wheels off the ground, then secured it with the jack stands.

 

[troop]

Well.. I did it. Took about 1.45 hours, giving a few breaks to some pesky vertigo. Smooth install. Used clovercrawler method with ramps. It was just slightly wobbly fully raised, but NO way I would have done it without jack stands. Yay

 

[Peter Aawen]

Congratulation! :congrats:

 

[troop]

Also took some time to install a SE tubular front bumper. Really tight spaces to get the nylock nuts started, but backing tape on the wrench helped. Next up will be the cat delete, but really need to figure out this vertigo crap

 

[jfischer]

So if I get the Ultra Sway Bar, it doesn't need to be lifted up so high to install it? I don't care about saving the stock sway bar, so would it be feasible to cut it in half with with an angle grinder perhaps and then remove it in two pieces, thus negating the need to get the bike 2-3' up in the air?

 

[Paddy4810]

So if I get the Ultra Sway Bar, it doesn't need to be lifted up so high to install it? I don't care about saving the stock sway bar, so would it be feasible to cut it in half with with an angle grinder perhaps and then remove it in two pieces, thus negating the need to get the bike 2-3' up in the air?

I just cut off one end and slid it out.

 

[troop]

So if I get the Ultra Sway Bar, it doesn't need to be lifted up so high to install it? I don't care about saving the stock sway bar, so would it be feasible to cut it in half with with an angle grinder perhaps and then remove it in two pieces, thus negating the need to get the bike 2-3' up in the air?

Nope .. The Ultra bar will slide in easily from the side or through wheel spokes.

 

[jfischer]

I just cut off one end and slid it out.

Awesome. That sounds like the ticket. I think I'll order the ultra sway bar just for the ease of installation, and I do ride 2-up a lot as well so it seems like that's the one to get.

 

[Poppie65]

Also took some time to install a SE tubular front bumper. Really tight spaces to get the nylock nuts started, but backing tape on the wrench helped. Next up will be the cat delete, but really need to figure out this vertigo crap

Hey Troop, Google "Epley Maneuver". It has helped me.

 

[Peter Aawen]

Hey Troop, Google "Epley Maneuver". It has helped me.

That ^^ does often work well for BPPV, or Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo, which is probably the most likely cause for the majority of vertigo sufferers who haven't had any Traumatic Brain Injuries... But sadly, it doesn't work for all of us, & in/with some instances/situations/causes, it can even make the vertigo & nausea, ataxia, etc worse, often taking quite a few months to settle back down if at all, just because it was the wrong thing to do! :shocked: Do you really need to ask me how I know this?!

So it's important that you get the cause of your vertigo & any other symptoms diagnosed properly by someone trained in the necessary processes & tests, and only if your condition is clearly BPPV should you let anyone (preferably someone appropriately trained & practiced in the technique... ) carry out an Epley Manouvre (or maybe more than one?!) on you! :lecturef_smilie:

Just Sayin' :thumbup:

 

[Cadaverdog]

I pulled my 2011 RS onto a set of car ramps and removed the frunk. The instructions on removing the frunk came with the sway bar.