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get one of these sets, it will pay for itself. You can get a lot of leverage with a ratchet, and push down a lot if you still need help, swing by

Quote: Originally Posted by DY yes and your teacher never told you to clean the tip off before soldering? I've been using the same tip for 6 years for plastic and solder. never had a problem. there are other kids who like to mess them up and not tidy up after themselves. ive owned a cheapy before, depending on how well u maintain it, it will last forever, just need to keep the tip clean and avoid too much dipping on the wet sponge. I...

look at the battery and be sure that the positive and negative are located on the same side. Different batteries can have them reversed. The battery can't be overcharged to the point of blowing main fuses. Either the battery is being hooked up backward or you have an electrical short Donald Quote: Originally Posted by shibumi14 Nope. I hook the old battery up the same as the new. Could the new battery be overcharged, drawing too much...

it all comes down to price with used parts like this. Ohlins, Penske, Elka etc can all be rebuilt. if a used ohlins is selling for $800 and a penske is $500, save the $300 and spend it on trackdays as very few, if any trackday riders are going to notice the difference between an Ohlins or a Penske/Elka.

depending on your bikes setup, you might have a petcock thats vented to atmosphere. if the diapragm rips inside of it, it will leak out the vent. too many things to go wrong without looking at the bike to try and narrow it down.

Besides the bolts there is only an Oring, thats it, so wiggle and pull it and it should pop right out.... Keep in mind that if you havent already dumped the oil, it will spill out once you pull the water pump out...So drain the oil first or lean the bike over to the other side...

Quote: Originally Posted by Kri$han Lots of people do this mod, but I don't think most of them do it to take the SV to the track.... just food for thought :P Search: "5.5 wheel GSXR site:svrider.com" in google, and I'm sure you'll come up with at least one how-to. and if you haven't signed up to svrider yet, you should.... WEALTH of info there. Makes owning an sv that much better. I've read the rear...

Quote: Originally Posted by reciprocity you can waste a bunch of money on stuff you don't need.s the TRE and powercommander are 2 different items that do different things. Yeah, hence my confusion!

Is it a sealed maintenance-free battery, or does it have removable caps on top? If it has removable caps, you can top it up with distilled water. If it is a sealed maintenance-free battery, it is what it is, use the battery until it's good for nothing and get a new one. Normally the maintenance-free batteries don't have sight-glasses for checking the level, so I think you need to look closer for the removable caps.

Quote: Originally Posted by eye toke i took my bike for a ride,everything running fine.stopped at the store for 10 minutes.try to start bike,relay under the seat clicking when i try to start it.i bum start the bike,drive for a mile or so, guage cluster going on and off,then bike died.trailered the bike home,charged the battery, bike starts right up.i only ran it for a second.put battery on charger again.it had drained about 25%,any...