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Stig / Major Tom:
I refitted the wheel, fender hugger, fork, brake, shock, exhaust, airfilter box, 02 sensor, and brake line support.

I expected three jobs to be trouble....Two were, one wasn't.

1) slipping wheel back on axle without beating up axle or wheel mating surfaces -- with shock still in place....
Solution: I brought the wheel in from the rear, between the two shocks and maneuvered it up & into place on the axle.

2) fishing the exhaust back into the scooter, and placing over the front studs.
Solution: I placed a mirror under the scoot to view the studs, and hung the rear of the muffler on a loop of string from the rear rack. This way I could float the pipe onto the studs...and get those nuts loosely started. All fasteners finger tight until I had all of them in place ...then tightened each in rotation - front to back.

3) refitting the tire hugger....with the airfilter box propped up with some foam padding the hugger aligned itself easily back in place. Put the hex screw on a magnetic wand & reached in and started the threads.

Wheel on the axle and fork in place with the new spacer, collar, washer and nut.


Fender hugger on....


Shock remounted....


Caliper remounted....


All back together.

Stig

PS: sure would be nice if that was a slip-on muffler!

LidoCA:
I have found that I will keep a big piece of cardboard around, in case I need to lay on the garage floor to get to those exhaust bolts.

vespbretta:
Chapeau, chapeau! Job done - successfully.  :) 8)
Very interesting, creative approaches and solutions to the 3 expected challenges.

My challenge - maybe soon - will be to try to keep it even a little bit more simple. I want to find the quickest, easiest and simpliest way to do the job removing and reinstalling the tire. For instance I would want to leave the fender hugger in place, just remove the right side screw. Just want to move it up and out of the way as much as needed - if possible.
I would also deflate the tire on removal and reinstall and try to squeeze it as necessary to get passed the shock, the dipstick and underneath the fender hugger from the right side.
Maybe I will need to remove both shock bolts to lower the rear wheel even a little bit more to get it done sucessfully. And maybe put a piece of wooden board underneath the mainstand just to jack it up a little bit more and get a few more inches of ground clearance.
To reinstall the pipe onto the studs, I will try to mount  the rear of the muffler with just one bolt loosely to the rear fork, so I might be able to swing the pipe onto the studs.
And yes, I will also have to lay on the floor for the pipe/stud operation. So therefore the hint with the cardbords is for sure valuable.
 
So far so good in theory.  ;D Reality check to be followed...  ??? :o :)
And maybe I will also write a report about it.

TroutBum:
Did you replace the valve stem with similar 90 degree angle type?

Nice write up Stig. Thanks for sharing.

Stig / Major Tom:

--- Quote from: LidoCA on March 13, 2017, 05:50:46 PM ---I have found that I will keep a big piece of cardboard around, in case I need to lay on the garage floor to get to those exhaust bolts.

--- End quote ---
Yep, Have been using card board for years for auto-work.....but working on scooters and motorcycles is so low and so much knee work....that I went out and bought a very thick 2' x 6' exercise mat at Dick's to kneel on.

30 years of painting and construction work + a knee operation....I'm telling you, that was the best $29 I've spent in a while!

One more tool I might ask for Xmas or my B.Day, is a visor light to fix on my Red Sox hat. 3 times I was needing an extra hand to see things like the O2 harness connector, off-side hugger screw, and the exhaust studs in the mirror.

And I frequently have trouble deciphering how each different Oriental wiring clip must be released. (Honda, Kymco, Suzuki have their own ideas) Squeez where, lift here, presswhat??....and is extra frustrating if no 3rd hand to hold flash light.

Lots of hot coffee and hand warming time-outs due to tools, floor and garage being in the low 20's all day.
It was good that no plastic panel clips were involved....would have had to postpone.

THE best panel removal pix I've ever seen are on this page, by this industrious Forza owner. He pulled his whole new scooter apart to see how things worked. Fearless clip & panel man!
http://www.hondapcx.org/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=3058&p=43161&hilit=panels#p43161

Stig

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