Major Rear End Disassembly

The center stand is on--that was a bitch. The fork is in the shop and ready to go, but that won't be for a little while.

I got my shelves from my mom's house, which is being foreclosed on. However, they are filled with all the stuff that was on them there, so my work area is actually smaller now. That's rad.

The air box arrived also, and it turns out that I have to use it, because the asshole that screwed up this bike screwed that up too.

I stopped by Napa and picked up some grease, rags, penetrating oil, cotter pins and air tool oil.

I took off the back wheel, but that was a chore. It was so tight, my impact gun didn't work. I had to put my hella long Snap-On 1/2" ratchet on the axle nut and jump up and down on the end of the handle. Ridiculous.

I then removed the rack, rear fender, secondary tank, (also a bitch), and air box. To remove the air box, I had to move and remove way more electrical components and wires than I'm comfortable with, given that I left my camera at work. Now I'm scared. I've really made a mess.

The fuel filter is full of black crap, so I took it off and went to Napa to get another one, but they were closed. The secondary tank is full of black crap, and I have to figure out how to clean it out before re-assembling. But I need to re-assemble this thing fast before I forget how the wires and electrical stuff is routed and positioned.

And today is Saturday, so they probably won't be open tomorrow. And then I won't have much time to work on the bike till the next weekend.

This is a fairly difficult thing to do, and I haven't even put anything ON the bike yet!