A cautionary tale!!

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A cautionary tale!!

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Lot's of advice on here about maintenance

One area that most will shy away from will be the swing arm

The "wise ones" suggest checking the bearings once a year

Whilst this may be a bit much for most, perhaps 5 years would be a good idea

Certainly not 16 years as is the case with mine!!






Shock linkage bearing
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I had to cut the bolt to remove the linkage from the swingarm

Then use a socket to drift out the bits that didn't fall out!!! :eek2 :eek2 :eek2
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Planning a bit strip down and clean up this winter.

Guess this needs to be on my list of Jobs!!! 8O
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They will be alright...bit of T-cut will sort it out no Wocking Furries... :lol: :lol:
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:Ball Kick:
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Mine came out in similar condition. 1 complete bearing, 1 multiple piece. Shaft scrap bolt damaged, seals scrap. I priced all parts from local shop (via honda) around £50. Complete unit £140 8O 8O .
rob de hoo (vtrdh on forum) could source genuine parts for a better price. His website http://www.exhausist.com
i was changing swingarm for a painted black one. Only cam across it by chance. Posted at the time on here & facebook
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yikes, that is one of the worst ones I have seen.......... that's what you get for doing your maintenance on the same slow schedule as your café racer project :wink:
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Shame on you, if you're responsible for that :crazy:

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Every other year for mine. You Lads who ride all year and through the winter months it should be an anual thing.
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AMCQ46 wrote:yikes, that is one of the worst ones I have seen.......... that's what you get for doing your maintenance on the same slow schedule as your café racer project :wink:
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:Finger: :Finger: :Finger:
sirch345 wrote:Shame on you, if you're responsible for that :crazy:

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Flatline wrote::Finger: :Finger: :Finger:
sirch345 wrote:Shame on you, if you're responsible for that :crazy:

Chris.
That's a bit strong. Chris must be the politest person on this forum, so polite it's in-polite :lol: I'm guessing he was thinking that you should know bloody better. Well, maybe not the bloody, but I will add that in as I was thinking the same :biggrin

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Oh, ok then, you're right :lol: :lol: :lol:
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