Hello forum!
I just bought a wonderful GS500 from 2005.
The bike has been lowered at the rear, and I want to get it back to normal riding height. I got the original dogbones to put on, but I have no clue on how I do it? Ive searched the forum, and youtube and a lot af people talk about lowering with dogbones, but I can't find a single guide on how to?
It seems easy to undo the bolts and so on, but dont you have to do something to lift the bike and take the pressure of the rear suspension?
Is there an existing guide on changing dogbones/remove lowering at the rear?
Thanks a lot
Welcome to the forum and congrats on the bike purchase!! I'm sure someone that has some knowledge/advice for ya will chime in soon ;)
Be sure to post pics!!!
Its very easy, you can do this with the bike on the center stand. Just remove the two nuts and bolts, replace the bones, and bolt it back up. You can use a friend, or a piece of wood to hold the wheel and swingarm up while you line the bolts back up. I like to snug the bolts, then put the bike back on two wheels and fully tighten, just to align both sides a little better.
At one point you will have to
support the rear wheel/tire to
easily remove the first bolt, on reassembly said
rear wheel/tire will have to be lifted to get the last bolt to easily align<<part in bold is the hardest part of the job :cheers:
easy squeazy :thumb:
Also, it helps to have an impact wrench to get these off. I don't have the torque specs for these nuts but they're pretty tight.