Triumph Street Triple '08 and KTM 250 EXC 2000. It's a long story but bad luck seems to follow the Street Triple around since I got it. Fell off it, while replacing the stator cover something fell into the engine, stripped it down to retrieve said bit, radiator broke, exhaust broke, 2 weeks off the road sitting in my garage, then I fell off it again in the same place as last time which made the whole saga pointless and needless expense. The 250 EXC seems to have a leaking crank seal and is making plumes of thick white smoke outta the exhaust. Not sure why you are asking through as we have fallen out majorly on here, not sure if you are looking for an opportunity to have a dig at me through my miss fortune perhaps? But if you are showing a genuine interest then you can read more about my Street Triple saga here https://www.street-triple.co.uk/index.php/topic,31536.0.html Since getting a full time job this january I don't have time for petty forum arguments anymore!
Yep- I think that's it. Sounds like you did- in effect/reality- have the weight of the bike on that point. I agree that it still shouldn't have made it quite that difficult, but it sure would make it a bear. Glad you got it out though. In the future jack/support across the two frame downtubes underneath.
I had a stuck swingarm bolt in my Yamaha a few years back. Could not remove it with a hammer at all. A big hammer too. I ended up tapping the center of the bolt with some threads and used a socket and a big (like 12mm threads) bolt and pulled it out with a wrench. Came right out
