Question: How to Repair/ Install Sidestand 03 Fzs600

[fazersharp]

For the main stand I found the spring was quite manly, so I needed to take the stand off, attach the spring and then use the stand itself to extend the spring long enough to reattach the bots. Not technical just a bit fiddly.

Yep I took my side stand off last year for repainting and you can put the spring in first and locate the bolt that goes throuh the stand and spring plate but that is not the right position to fully do up the bolt, you will see there is a sort of a cam on the stand face where it touches the bike frame, if I remember its the stopper part when you extend the stand. Thing is you have to extend the stand to be able to do up the bolt so it is in the right alinment but this is under tension from the spring and also it wants to twist as the spring puts tension on the stand.
Perhaps there is an eaiser way but after some swearing i managed to sotp the twist -keep the tension- do the bolt up- whilst laying on my side.

By the way it has two springs - one insie of another, as I realised when I did it all up the first time and found out why it was easiy, cause I only attached 1 of the 2 spring hooks