Greasing swingarm pivot

[Isopropyl]

anyone grease their swingarm before?

 

thinking of doing that but quite a project. got to strip down the rear end.

[ludacris10]

Why may I ask? Is your bike making sounds/Old?

[Isopropyl]

Why may I ask? Is your bike making sounds/Old?

 

periodic maintenance. just like you don't change engine oil only when your engine is making noises/old or do you? i do open up and grease the brake/clutch lever, side / center stand, wheel axle etc. just being a bit anal:cheeky:

 

back to the point, i read stories of sized swingarm pivot. here one. you can find hundreds of such stories. so it set me thinking of greasing it although i have not heard of any swingarm pivot problem personally. maybe people are not aware of it even if it happen?

[Phang]

Is your swing arm an old school twin shock type or monoshock progressive link type?

[Isopropyl]

Is your swing arm an old school twin shock type or monoshock progressive link type?

 

not too sure of the different. i am riding a spark so it should be monoshock type. i read that it is possible to remove the swingarm pivot axle without removing the rear wheel and monoshock linkage. going to give it a try. 2B bike is much lighter so i guess it should be easier.

 

btw, nice doggy:shy:

[superspeed123]

Small bike should be easier to do. Get all the required tools and a tub of waterproof Maxima lithium grease. Lithium grease last longer than normal grease.good luck and enjoy

[Isopropyl]

finally took the time to undertake the project last night. the project took me almost 2.5hours and a lot of sweat. haha...

 

remove the front sprocket cover and axle nut. tried pushing the axle bolt out but it feel tight. so i took a hammer and use a long pin to slowly knock the bolt out. doesn't take too much force to move the axle bolt.

 

after getting 3/4 of the bolt out, the long pin i use to knock the axle bolt is not lengthy enough and i still cannot pull the remaining axle bolt out after trying. in the end, i decide to just grease what i can and knock the bolt back. after greasing, i begin to knock the bolt back into the swing arm axle and this is where trouble started:cry:

 

the main body and swing arm axle bolt holes is out of aligment!!! no matter how i try to position the swing arm, i can't move the axle bolt at all. i was worry and thinking of asking someone to help next morning after trying for more then 30 mins:cry:

 

totally dejected and tired from the effort. finally in a last desperate attempt, i decide to down the rare wheel and try again. ah....!!! and that the secret!!! after dropping the rare wheel, i can slide the axle bolt in and out easily with my hand!!! so i was laboring and hammering away which i guess woken up half the neighborhood for nothing(soory:cheeky:). i took out the axle bolt, clean up the sleeve bearing as much as i can, grease all parts with a decent amount of grease and reassemble everything nicely:thumb:

 

finally, after all the effort do i still think the swing arm axle needed to be grease? the axle bolt and bearing is absolutely bone dry when i took it out. i wonder do they grease it in the first place. the axle bolt has wear till all the chroming on the contact surface is gone. i can see some rust and wear on the sleeve bearing. my bike is only 2 years old and the condition is already bad.

 

maybe due to being a small bike, yamaha have use sleeve bearing instead of needle bearing which is not a good thing. i glad i took the effort to complete the project. hope that my wheel or swing arm doesn't came loose while riding:cheeky:

[Isopropyl]

oh...it should be rear wheel...haha...