metallyguitarded_imp
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Your dominance has officially come to an end.
My Sincerest Apologies to All the Red DLX Owners
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the Ferret
Road warrior
Now, yours will officially be a CB 
Powerdogg55
Running like a top
Your CB is complete.
emptysea
Road warrior
Citius, Altius, Fortius
metallyguitarded_imp
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Thank you gentlemen. Install is complete. At first, I thought, "You have got to be kidding." Persistence pays off, however, and after I learned the proper technique on the first lever, the second RLET went on relatively easily. What technique is that, you ask? I believe each man must walk his own path on the journey towards CB salvation.
Okay, fine. Twist my arm, why don't you? I sprayed just a dab of WD-40 on the inside of the RLET, used a shop rag to grip the RLET, and with the opening rounded onto the end of the lever, I pushed straight onto the lever. No twisting. Just a straight push onto the lever. This put the RLET about half-way onto the ball end of the lever. One more push and slight twist and the RLET was installed. The first one took me a few minutes to figure out. The second one went on in about five seconds.
Okay, fine. Twist my arm, why don't you? I sprayed just a dab of WD-40 on the inside of the RLET, used a shop rag to grip the RLET, and with the opening rounded onto the end of the lever, I pushed straight onto the lever. No twisting. Just a straight push onto the lever. This put the RLET about half-way onto the ball end of the lever. One more push and slight twist and the RLET was installed. The first one took me a few minutes to figure out. The second one went on in about five seconds.
DGShannon_imp
Been there
Getting those things on was almost as much work as the fork gaiters! Tricky little devils.
the Ferret
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metallyguitarded_imp said:
go ahead and admit it , bike looks better now, doesn't it!
metallyguitarded_imp
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Once again, you're right. Don't you ever get tired of that? Must be exhausting.The ferret_imp said:metallyguitarded_imp said:
go ahead and admit it , bike looks better now, doesn't it!
Django
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Hm, until now I've thought, it's as simple as putting 'em into really hot water to get 'em weak and just push them over the lever?!metallyguitarded_imp said:
May be, I should be more daunted by RLETs. Have to get some...
ClassicVW_imp
Road warrior
I needed hot water, bar soap, dish soap, WD-40 and still my fingers ached after the first one. The second one took considerably less time.
There is no sacrifice too great to make the only farkle that matters. Well done and welcome, MG.
Lord Popgun
Road warrior
Django,
Heating them up does help--a lot. But you will need the lube to get them on.
Heating them up does help--a lot. But you will need the lube to get them on.
Django
Road warrior
Thanks for that.Lord Popgun_imp said:
I'll keep it in mind. Gonna get these RLETs in the near future...
Mike Bee_imp
Running like a top
I would worry about a petroleum product adversely reacting with a rubber item like an RLET. I think I will use silicone spray or very soapy water instead. That's what they use to mount tires.
~ The Bee
~ The Bee
metallyguitarded_imp
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I took the CB out for a test ride with the RLETs in place. The first thing I noticed was that the sun shone brighter. The sky was bluer. The wind was refreshing and light. As I approached each intersection, the lights turned green. I made a left turn on University Avenue past the two-story Spanish-style house with the two Yellow Labs. The labs that before today, would bark incessantly every time I passed, today sat silently, watching me from behind the front yard fence, their tails wagging. I merged onto the I-94 and rode west. The CB's exhaust note rumbled lower, acceleration came on faster. Cars in front of me switched lanes allowing me to pass. One of them a police cruiser. The officer looked over, raised his sunglasses onto his forehead and gave me an approving look. I thought I saw him mouth, "RLETs" just before giving me a thumbs up and waving me on. Turning north, I slowed to take in those negative ions from the ocean air. The smell of coconuts soon filled my helmet. I glanced to my left just in time to see two bikini-clad beauties, taking advantage of the unseasonably warm temperatures, frozen in the process of applying suntan lotion, tracking my progress. The blonde whistled lightly as I passed. The brunette turned to her friend and said, "RLETs."
I eventually made my way home, pulled into the garage and listened to the tink, tink, tink of the cooling engine. The sounds was sweeter than usual. Almost musical. Those RLETs are magical.
Capo, I tried to get it dyno'ed on the way home but when I pulled in, the service manager took one look at the RLETs and gave me a look like, "Are you kidding me?" He told me there's no way he could put my CB on the dyno as it would most likely overload the computer. He said the recent surge in RLET purchases is threatening his business and he may have to consider going into WD-40 sales.
Mike Bee, rest assured, nothing, and certainly not WD-40, could ever harm an RLET.
I eventually made my way home, pulled into the garage and listened to the tink, tink, tink of the cooling engine. The sounds was sweeter than usual. Almost musical. Those RLETs are magical.
Capo, I tried to get it dyno'ed on the way home but when I pulled in, the service manager took one look at the RLETs and gave me a look like, "Are you kidding me?" He told me there's no way he could put my CB on the dyno as it would most likely overload the computer. He said the recent surge in RLET purchases is threatening his business and he may have to consider going into WD-40 sales.
Mike Bee, rest assured, nothing, and certainly not WD-40, could ever harm an RLET.
OMG, metallyguitarded, I had a tear in my eye as I read that report. Just beautiful.
the Ferret
Road warrior
Man MG, that may be the most prophetic thing I have read on this site. A wish I had it on a t- shirt.
emptysea
Road warrior
Awesome :rofl: Simply Awesome
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