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Marcarl

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  1. May the risen Lord find a place in your heart.
  2. i found that it's not necessarily the shop, it's the procedure followed or maybe how close it's followed. Canam does alignment on front wheels using the body center line. This way the wheels are aligned to each other, the fronts to the rear. Yah, it's a bit of work but then it's rewarding.
  3. Front wheel alignment. Had that issue when I bought my 2014. Front wheels need to be aligned with the rear wheel, not the body necessarily. It's been about 6 years since I did this and it's not on-line anywhere that I know of. Hopefully I remembered all the steps I took. A little understanding though might be needed. Also, this is not how Canam does their alignment, but they did it 3 times and 3 times they failed. Concrete floor, flat and level. 1) install and set the belt for the rear wheel. 1A) set and fasten the steering gear in perfect center, measure well, set snug. 2) set a target behind the bike about 1' behind the tire to use for marking on, 1x3 works great, pasted to the floor. 3) using a laser mark the rear wheel outsides on the 1x3, not the tire, the wheel. 4) now you can measure to mark the center of the bike on the 1x3. 5) make 2 identical inserts to fit the front wheel hubs so that you can set a laser on them and rotate from floor to rear. Identical, very important!!! I made mine with some brass and a speaker magnet glued to it to hold the laser. 6) shoot the laser to the floor at the tire and make that mark on a piece of masking tape pasted on the floor. 7) roll the bike ahead and measure the distance between the marks, make note. eight) now shoot the laser to the 1x3 from the front wheel and make that mark 9) both marks should be the same distance from the center mark from the back wheel. 10) check to see how the measurements work out compared to the front measurement. 11) you can now adjust the tie rods so that the front tires have a 5 to 10 degree toe-in. As you drive they will automatically toe-out a bit to come straight as they should. 12) a crowfoot wrench is very handy to get at the inside nuts.
  4. Touchy stuff, there is a real reason for the arrow on the sidewall, not sure if it means anything but it's there for a purpose. For most everything may go just as planned until the plan flies out the window and then it means all hands on deck but one or two hands were tied up elsewhere. You might get away with it, and then again you might not. Figure first what it might save you and then consider what the savings amount to.
  5. Order a whole bunch, they're only $1.59 ea. A screwdriver is not a special tool, you will bust the basket, you need to hold the basket at 2 points minimum or do as I did and just rattle the nut on and then stake it in place.
  6. Marcarl

    Vogel 2025

    Yah welll, there was a lot to go on that picture!
  7. Maybe it's the kill switch or the side stand switch.
  8. I would think that replacing the wires and the ends should do the trick,, don't go cheap, get good stuff.
  9. That's a pretty nice lookin 86 I'd say.
  10. Got some of that here, bring the bike.
  11. That would be an oil modifier and will not work well with the wet clutch.
  12. Gonna be tied up this week, but it looks like help is on the way. Enjoy guys!
  13. I haven't dreamt about him, but do think about him on occasion.
  14. That's what I thought as well when I read it,, but then my wifie pointed out that it actually says that it gets the redness out. Don't know why she didn't point that out sooner. Now what to do with all the alcohol.
  15. Do you just need the stick or the coil as well. A stick you can make easily enough.
  16. I tried that once and then had headlights shining backwards,,,, spent days and days flushing that out. Found out that using alcohol was best in getting things back to normal,, somewhat.
  17. Hey GUYS!!! All this birthday wishing is just going to make the old feel older, but then again the alternative might not be so nice for us,, we might miss him,, yah,,, big time. So just so I don't get blamed for being a 'stuck in the mud' Blessings for the Year ahead Mr, Nelson, may you continue to find the Creator's hand in your life and look forward to His return.
  18. Just my thoughts. An AC compressor is built different than an air compressor, but I suppose your know that. There are reasons for this and in some cases things like this might work. One thing I think of is that the AC compressor sends oil into a closed system, so what are you going to do with the oil in a one-way system and you will need to supply the compressor with new oil on time. JMT
  19. yep, it might. Make sure you have the idle screw and not the primary sync screw. Idle screw is hard to see, it's hidden, so if you can easily see it, it's not the idle screw, it's hidden between the carbs behind the joiner rail, left side.
  20. Parts fich shows that 1+2 are the same, 3 is different and 4 is more different.
  21. You would get more interest in this if you posted it in the Watering hole
  22. I remember the day, it was a grand day, that after having lunch with the bunch of us, we mounted up to take a ride,,, in Michigan,,, everybody was ready and mounted but one bike refused to start, just nothing. Shortly there were about 4 or 5 other riders giving instructions and helpful hints, fuel was double checked, oil sight glass confirmed, booster cables were added, battery voltage checked, kickstand confirmed,,,,, just nothing was going to get this 84 to fire. Young lady rider comes over finally, climbs on the bike and attempted to start,, which it very nicely did!!! Yep, it had to be in neutral!! Funny how that happens!
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