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Dooly

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Nov 16, 2014
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I removed the piece of inner tube on my two motor mounts on my seat tube . I also had a piece of rubber tube around the U-bolt. Took that out . BTW I read about using the inner tube on this forum...but I didn't read the posts saying " don't use it ". I have SBP shift kit so I have two mounts on the seat tube. My frame tube is 1" and the smallest mounts that come with the kit are 1 1/8" so I made some shims and changed them out tonite. It felt solid before I changed it but the bolts were loose and I check them often. So it's rock solid now.
 

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crassius

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remember, the goal is not to have mounting bolts tight; it is to have the motor and other units tight - if they tighten well with less strain on the bolts, that's a good thing
 

Dooly

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Nov 16, 2014
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Arlington Tennessee
Crassius I'm going to do the same thing to the front mount. The way I'm doing it makes both sides of the mount fit.the tube exactly so it's a good snug fit with lots of contact to the frame. I'll make sure I don't over tighten.

Blue Goat I have been impressed with the quality of the shift kit. The clamps that come with the kit are Napa u bolt exhaust clamps I did modify them to fit my frame. I used some soft steel to make shims to fit my frame tube. I took a 3/4" socket which measured 1" outside dia. And put it in a vise to bend it into the exhaust clamp. Then tac welded it. One of them I used JB Weld and it held fine. I filled any voids with JB weld top and bottom to smooth it out. Like you would use bondo and ground it down smooth. Then painted it black.