Disassembly Tips - Yeti Cycles ASR 08 Owner's Manual

Assembly Cont.
mOuntinG rear trianGle Install the main pivot at this point from
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the drive side of the bike. Use your dead blow hammer to hammer
into place.
Once hammered into place, install and tighten the male pivot bolt.
tip: Before and while hammering, align the swingarm with the main pivot
of the front triangle by using your left index finger. Also, grease the threads
of the male bolt and the outside of the pivot pin so they don't bind, strip or
seize over time.
mOuntinG rear trianGle Screw a Loctite prepared Ti male bolt
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into the 57.5mm Ti stud. Now drop the 8.5 ID washer onto the stud so
that it is flush against the Ti male bolt. Now place the stud over the male
portion of the Fox Guide Pin. Use your dead blow hammer to hammer Ti
stud into place. Be prepared to catch the Fox tool as it exits the non-drive
side of the bike.
mOuntinG rear trianGle Now install the other Ti male bolt with
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a 6.5mm ID washer into the non-drive side of the Ti stud you just
hammered into place. Tighten the assembly Down and double check the
alignment of your swing arm, dogbone and shock.
tip: If there is any binding during the installation of the Ti stud, loosen the
dogbone and seatstay pinch bolts to relieve the binding pressure during the
installation process. If loosened, make sure the alignment is correct before
tightening pinch bolts down.
COmPlete assemblY Double-check alignment of the swingarm,
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dogbone and shock and tightness of all other bolts. Make sure you
used all hardware and nothing was forgotten.
torque spec: 125-150 inch pounds.
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Disassembly Tips

frame DisassemblY Loosen up seatstay bolts without loosening up
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dogbone bolts. At the seatstay, dogbone and shock junction, back off
Ti stud and Ti male bolt with a 6mm allen key.
frame DisassemblY Insert Fox guide pin into Ti stud and use dead
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blow hammer to knock out of place. Be ready to catch the Ti stud as
it exits the drive side of the bike. Back the main bolt all the way off of the
main pivot bolt. Use punch and dead blow hammer to remove the main
pivot. Hammer the male bolt so the main pivot exits the drive side of the
bike.
Tip: Stand with body flush against the front tri of the bike. Make sure you
use an adequate sized punch to prevent damage to the internal threads of
the main pivot bolt.
frame DisassemblY Back the main bolt all the way off of the main
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pivot bolt. Use punch and dead blow hammer to remove the main
pivot. Hammer the male bolt so the main pivot exits the drive side of the
bike.
Tip: Stand with body flush against the front tri of the bike. Make sure you
use an adequate sized punch to prevent damage to the internal threads of
the main pivot bolt.
frame DisassemblY Remove guide pin from shock, dogbone and
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seatstay junction. Once you remove the guide pin, be prepared to
catch swing arm. To remove the shock and dogbone mounting bolts, place
two 5mm allen keys on both end of a bolt and turn counter-clockwise. Once
the male Yeti bolt is removed, take a 6mm allen key or Fox tool and tap out
the female end.
note: This method works for all three mounting bolts on a Fox Racing
shock.