Swing arm

[baldo]

Hello all,

I need to pull the swing arm on my bike. Does anyone have the special wrench they'd be willing to lend/rent?

I'd need it for a week.....

Thanks,

Bob

[98valk]

what is wrong with the swing arm?

[baldo]

Luckily, nothing.

I'm changing the clutch slave cylinder. You can't remove one of the bolts without moving or pulling the kickstand. I can't loosen the left side kickstand bolt because I have a center stand, which does away with the nut on that bolt. You can't even get a box end on the head of the bolt with the swing arm in place, never mind a socket. That bugger IS IN THERE.....

[hubcapsc]

I have the tool you need. I took my swingarm off once, it is very
easy and surprisingly (to me) light weight. I have no clue if that
other stuff you talked about will get in the way... PM me your address...

-Mike

[baldo]

I have the tool you need. I took my swingarm off once, it is very
easy and surprisingly (to me) light weight. I have no clue if that
other stuff you talked about will get in the way... PM me your address...

-Mike

Check your email......

[98valk]

Luckily, nothing.

I'm changing the clutch slave cylinder. You can't remove one of the bolts without moving or pulling the kickstand. I can't loosen the left side kickstand bolt because I have a center stand, which does away with the nut on that bolt. You can't even get a box end on the head of the bolt with the swing arm in place, never mind a socket. That bugger IS IN THERE.....

just remove the center stand and then kickstand. a lot less work than removing the swing arm IMO.

[baldo]

Luckily, nothing.

I'm changing the clutch slave cylinder. You can't remove one of the bolts without moving or pulling the kickstand. I can't loosen the left side kickstand bolt because I have a center stand, which does away with the nut on that bolt. You can't even get a box end on the head of the bolt with the swing arm in place, never mind a socket. That bugger IS IN THERE.....

just remove the center stand and then kickstand. a lot less work than removing the swing arm IMO.

I'd LOVE to, but one of the bolts holding the center stand is VERY tight, with the only access an open end wrench. The center stand utilizes the kickstand bolts, but does away with the nut on the left side bolt. So it goes through the frame into the center stand casting with barely 1/4" clearance above the head of the bolt. I need straight on access with a strong socket setup.....

[98valk]

Luckily, nothing.

I'm changing the clutch slave cylinder. You can't remove one of the bolts without moving or pulling the kickstand. I can't loosen the left side kickstand bolt because I have a center stand, which does away with the nut on that bolt. You can't even get a box end on the head of the bolt with the swing arm in place, never mind a socket. That bugger IS IN THERE.....

just remove the center stand and then kickstand. a lot less work than removing the swing arm IMO.

I'd LOVE to, but one of the bolts holding the center stand is VERY tight, with the only access an open end wrench. The center stand utilizes the kickstand bolts, but does away with the nut on the left side bolt. So it goes through the frame into the center stand casting with barely 1/4" clearance above the head of the bolt. I need straight on access with a strong socket setup.....

I have a Rivco c/s, never had a problem taking it off.
put some heat on that bolt which u can't do working on airplanes

[baldo]

Luckily, nothing.

I'm changing the clutch slave cylinder. You can't remove one of the bolts without moving or pulling the kickstand. I can't loosen the left side kickstand bolt because I have a center stand, which does away with the nut on that bolt. You can't even get a box end on the head of the bolt with the swing arm in place, never mind a socket. That bugger IS IN THERE.....

just remove the center stand and then kickstand. a lot less work than removing the swing arm IMO.

I'd LOVE to, but one of the bolts holding the center stand is VERY tight, with the only access an open end wrench. The center stand utilizes the kickstand bolts, but does away with the nut on the left side bolt. So it goes through the frame into the center stand casting with barely 1/4" clearance above the head of the bolt. I need straight on access with a strong socket setup.....

I have a Rivco c/s, never had a problem taking it off.
put some heat on that bolt which u can't do working on airplanes

Yes, the flamewrench was my first thought, but I thought better of it...

[Avanti]

Instead of heat I sometimes freeze the bolt by using a can of computer air held upside down.

[luftkoph]

Those bearings would most likely appreciate some new grease anyway,  instead of that old dried up cake that's probably lurking in there now

[stude31]

Those bearings would most likely appreciate some new grease anyway,  instead of that old dried up cake that's probably lurking in there now

I agree.  This would be a great time to repack the swing arm bearings. 

[98valk]

Those bearings would most likely appreciate some new grease anyway,  instead of that old dried up cake that's probably lurking in there now

I agree.  This would be a great time to repack the swing arm bearings. 

this was addressed by a member yrs ago. the bearings are oversized for what they do and move in a very small range of motion. so never over heated and/or see hard/stressed use, which would make all of oil come out of the thickeners what most call the grease drying out.
if this process was happening one would see oil seepage from the swing arm bearing areas.

[luftkoph]

I've done 2 of mine and it looked like 25 year old cake frosting, and not a lot of it to boot, seems a lot of the manufacturer's are quite stingy on the grease