Hey how’s it going people, BrownBrady here, And thank you for tuning in to my channel.
And in this episode, I’m gonna show you how I installed
These aluminum swingarm spools for my Honda CBR 250R.
Stay tuned.
But first, a question from one of our viewers: R’hllor Lord of the Light says:
“Hi brownbrady great video very easy to follow.
I’m having trouble loosening the bolt to release the oil
it’s locked it pretty tight.
Anyone has advice on how to loosen the bolt?﻿” Thanks for asking, here are some ideas on
how to loosen a bolt.
First of all make sure that you are turning the bolt
In the correct direction.
Remember: righty-tighty, lefty loosey.
So this bolt is mounted at the bottom.
So you would have to imagine looking up at the bolt.
How would you turn the bolt.
You would have to turn it counterclockwise.
Secondly, you could heat up the bolt just let the engine run for a couple of minutes.
And then spray some penetrating oil around the bolt.
Instead of using an adjustable wrench, use a socket.
With a breaker bar.
And for increased leverage, attach a pipe to the handle of the breaker bar and yank
it.
If that doesn’t work can also try an impact wrench.
And if that still doesn’t work, I don’t know maybe the worst case scenario is you
may have to drill through the bolt.
But if anybody else has other ideas, please let us know in the comments section.
Thanks for asking.
And now onto the show.
Well, it’s winter time in Canada now, and I like to store my bike on lifts.
I’ve been using a rear lift with paddle attachments for my bike
and for quite some time now, I wanted to replace them with spool hooks.
I undid both nuts by first holding down the nut next to the cap while loosening the other
one.
Then both could be loosened.
Then I removed the cap.
While the paddles have worked so far, I have to take extra precaution to make sure
that they are loaded equally.
But unlike some bikes, the CBR 250 R does not have pre-dilled holes where one could
attach spools.
There are different methods for attaching spools to the bike, and I went with these
ones.
They are mounting brackets made of aluminum and made to replace the end caps of the swingarm.
They have holes where the spools can be mounted.
So as you could imagine, installation is straightforward, but I needed these tools:
2 adjustable wrenches, 5mm allen wrench, a hammer, and a block of wood.
Next, I inserted the mounting bracket… but for some reason, they won’t.
It turned out that the bolt inside the swingarm wouldn’t fit through the hole of the mounting
bracket so I had to stop filming this episode.
Instead of returning these brackets, I wanted the holes re-drilled to make them larger.
So the following day, I went to Mr. Metal in Toronto, which is a custom metal fabricator
and they did the job within minutes.
Thank you Steve, if you’re watching!
I could have edited out this part of the video, but I wanted to be real.
So if you are going to buy these spool brackets for your CBR 250, make sure the holes are
large enough.
Later that evening, I was able to slide the bracket to the end of the swingarm.
I used a hammer to persuade it a little because the end of the swingarm isn’t exactly square.
I used a block of wood to pad the bracket to avoid scoring it.
Then I reattached the two nuts to secure the bracket.
Then I attached the spool to the bracket using the 5 mm allen wrench.
Now about my rear lift paddles, I bought these used off Kijiji.
And I thought I could just replace these attachments with spool hooks,
but when I brought the attachments home, They wouldn’t fit through the attachment holes.
So I bought a new rear lift instead with spool hooks.
Assembly is pretty simple but
You’ll need these tools though: An adjustable wrench, and a 6 mm allen wrench.
The good thing about these hooks is that they can slide so that it can be adjusted to any
width.
You just rough align the hooks to the spools, adjust the position,
then tighten down the set screw using the allen wrench.
And there you have it.
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As always, ride safe, and thanks for watching.