Topic: Re-fitting centre stand

[fogrider]

Hello all, newbie in Hull, East Yorks. Finally got a CB550f.  First issue, feet of the centre stand worn, ground away and flat footed so hard to roll on and off the stand. Easy to remove it, spring the horseshoe off the hook, easy to mend, but how the hell do you get it back on ?     That part in the on-line  manuals just says " replace the main stand ". I assume it's easy if you know how, I don't want to stretch the spring, so, folks, what's the routine please ?

[MauiK3]

While the spring is out, figure out a way to extend it without launching it and place flat washers between the coils until it's long enough to install. Then remove the washers.

[Don R]

  I use a spring tool for drum brakes. It's a little fiddly to get the angle where you need it but does work.

[pjlogue]

While the spring is out, figure out a way to extend it without launching it and place flat washers between the coils until it's long enough to install. Then remove the washers.

This is a good idea and I used it when I did my 750K stand.  I used a vice and vice grips to stretch the spring while inserting washers.  You can also use a heavy wire looped around the end hook and pull the wire with vice grips until you can hook the spring on the center stand. 

-P.

[BenelliSEI]

Insert the swivel tube from one side, just catching the one side, only about an inch into the stand. Attach the swing plate and spring. Everything will be at weird angles, but straighten out (align) the stand and hammer the mounting tube trough with a soft mallet...... sometimes helps to have a “helper”.

[Scott S]

Insert the swivel tube from one side, just catching the one side, only about an inch into the stand. Attach the swing plate and spring. Everything will be at weird angles, but straighten out (align) the stand and hammer the mounting tube trough with a soft mallet...... sometimes helps to have a “helper”.

 It's hard to explain,  but this is pretty much how I do it. The C clip is on the frame, the spring is on both pieces, kinda wedge it in and push the pivot pin in.

[fogrider]

Thanks all for the advice, a combination of all the above will work I reckon. Some fresh paint required first after the weld repairs.
A ride out tomorrow !

[70CB750]

Insert the swivel tube from one side, just catching the one side, only about an inch into the stand. Attach the swing plate and spring. Everything will be at weird angles, but straighten out (align) the stand and hammer the mounting tube trough with a soft mallet...... sometimes helps to have a “helper”.

That's how I do it  The pivoting pin goes in last.  No reason to fight the spring. 

[fogrider]

In the end, I realised that to make the gap the spring fits in shorter, all I had to do was remove the silencer and unclip the brake torque arm then raise the stand as far as it would go. With the pivot pin already in, the spring was  now only 6mm from it's hook on the stand and easily pulled in place with a strong pull wire.
Job done.

[BostonBob]

Attach the spring and hardware first and then wrestle/lever the center stand in order to push the pivot tube in place. It helps to have another person to help hold the bike. Easy peezy.