Banshee Disassembly

[arielblazed94]

alright so i will be rebuilding my banshee in January and i need tips and tricks what could help me make the process of taking the bike apart alot easier and alot more organized for myself.. i will be changing my bearings and repainting my frame and just cleaning up the whole bike to give it a fresh start

[sleeper06]

Zip lock bags, sharpie, impact gun,clymer manual, and take pictures. Buy a bolt kit from site sponsor. On occasion axle bearing and axle need to be pressed out or air chiseled out

[arielblazed94]

i had zip lock bags and sharpie in mind i also have the clymer manual i also have all the bolts i need i dont have an impact gun though and what is air chiseled ?

[Big Mike NY]

Air chisel = stobburn bolts that don't want to come out, specifically swing arm pivot bolt..

[Green95LX]

Just did this, honestly once you start in it's not bad at all. One piece of advice i can give is to leave as much of the assemblies as you can together and put bolts back into parts where you can also.

 

Also if a bolt seems stuck, don't keep trying and risk stripping the head. Get the impact gun after it, i had several allen head bolts stuck, zipped right out with an impact.

Edited December 10, 2014 by Green95LX

[sheerider11]

Note pad and pen. Write shit down. What you need, broken stuff, ideas, anything that comes to mind in a split second. Nothing like getting it together and then being like "damn, I forgot to do that right after I said it."

Get a metric tap/die set. I made it a habit on bikes I work on to go through all the holes/bolts. Make sure there good and clean. Especially after powder coat.

[lastnline75]

Blue Loctite by the 5 gallon buckets...

[arielblazed94]

i had the worst experience removing the steering stem bearing spent like 5 hours hammering it and with a blow torch (during the summer), i think i can get it back together in less then a week