Motorcycle Lift

true, same problem here, the benefit is that the bed can be wheeled around unlike a real motorbike lift/table.

Edit-correction: you do get lifts that wheel around, but for sure the beds are more manoeuvrable...

 

Yes, i have one, not used on the Multi though, it was for my MT10, does everything you need to get the wheels off etc, it is for sale on the for sale page too

 

I had the standard bike lift table and had it bolted to the floor. It was in the way all of the time as there are four bikes and workbenches in the garage.
Now got the Abba Skylift that pushes out of the way when not in use. I put the Ducatis on it and the BMW R1250RS. One other bonus is that despite LED lighting throughout the garage, it is not in the correct place for the part that you are working on. he Abba can be wheeled around with the bike on it so that the light is in the perfect place.

 

I've had this motorcycle lift for well over eight years and I haven't used it the last 2-3 years; it's been sitting in the garage ,covered in junk. More recently I have decided to drag it out and repair it. The reason I haven't used it is because it is quite dangerous.
It is dangerous because it drops like a stone.

It is not the first time I have attempted to solve the problem I dismantled the whole motorcycle lift, taking the main part, the pump into the parts department of where I bought it from. They could not supply a replacement as it was obsolete. Are then rather naïvely thought I could buy a newer version of the pump and modify the motorcycle lift… When it arrived in the post I decided this was a little bit too difficult for me and I reluctantly returned it.


pump; release valve on left
This time around, I started to think a bit harder and looked closer at the mechanism. I took the following actions to try and remedy the problem. Each action was followed by testing the lowering of the left to no avail.

1. Dismantled release mechanism, I found the central pin was bent – It was straightened using a lathe and dial gauge. I replaced the O ring on the central pin (see photo)




2. Adjusted the lever bar inwards (as advised by the seller’s technical department) – all the way in, but no more adjustment was available.

3. Vented the oil – checked many times.

4. Change the oil and re-vented hydraulic system by raising it and lowering it. Holding ot fully up overnight to release trapped air etc.

Still have no idea what could be wrong with it. It pumps up ok and hold its position pumped up but drops down really fast in an alarming way.


The terrible parts diagram on Clarke International’s website – the only one I can find. (Pump highlighted in red)

The release action feels ‘notchy’ its either on <notch> or off…It you understand.
Any help will be gratefully received!

 

I can say for certain that the diagram above is exactly the same for the cheap Chinese bench that I owned. Mine had no makers name on it but was obviously made in the same factory in China as Clarke have theirs made. Mine was controllable when dropped.

 

Sounds stupid maybe, but if you push the release pedal and take you foot off does it stop dropping? I.e. jolt until you take your foot off the pedal?

 

looks very similar to the bike-it pds lift 03 i have

the entire ram is available as a spare part