Australasian Dirt Bike – May 2019

28 |MAY 2019 http://www.adbmag.com.au

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MONTH

“I have

alwaysloved

the TechTips

andsome of

theingenious

ideas”

SPRING LOADED

Hi guys, great mag, I have

been a keen rider and ADB

reader since 1985 and still

love every edition when it

hits the store!

I have always loved the

Tech Tips and some of the

ingenious ideas from the

bike riding fraternity.

One somewhat simple

job that we don’t have to

do too often but can easily

turn into a complete

cluster is changing or

removing footpegs, mainly

reinstalling the spring into

position whilst installing

the pivot pin.

After a bit of head

scratching and trial and

error we have mastered a

technique which only

takes seconds to do

without any skin removal

from the knuckles!

Before you remove the

pivot pin from the footpeg

just use a short length of

0.032” locking wire, guide

it through the spring tangs

and twist up until it starts

to compress the

spring. Then you can just

remove and install the pin

and ‘peg without a hassle.

When finished just install

the pin and cut the lock

wire to allow the spring

back in place. 30 seconds

and the job is done.

I hope this helps and

keep up the great work

with the mag.

Glenn

Great tip, Glenn! ADB Tech

Editor Mat Boyd was impressed,

although jealous he didn’t think

of it first!