wyman.winn
i should be out riding!
good morning!
over the weekend i had the pleasure of doing a major service to a buddies 12RT....full monte service, tires, brake flush, alt belt, all lubricants, TB sync, valve check/adjust, replaced headlight bulb AND he wanted me to lube the driveshaft splines, fore and aft...no problem i say, easy peasy....
so i set about to remove everything needed to gain access to the swingarm, special tools at hand...remove the FD, foot peg mounts and shock bolt...."ah" i say need to get that bushing out of the swingarm to free the shock bottom....a little heat to release what i think was excessive thread locker (the bolt came out with minor resistance)...nope, the bush (33172338103) would not budge...."hmmmm" i say...i'll just get my handy bearing puller out and be in business in a couple of strokes of the slide hammer....nope, no go....then i try a big boy easy out to 'turn it out'...still no go....i tried every trick in the book to get that bugger out....finally gave in and put the parts back together in defeat....
so, admitting defeat is not in my general make-up and using all of my experience to beat being defeated...i failed....
my next plan of attack is to thread the bushing with probably a 1/2-13 tap and use a slide hammer to pull it out....i have ordered another from Max for replacement...
i don't understand the need to "lock" this bushing in place....sloppy assembly i guess...
opinions on my plan of attack would be greatly appreciated...
wyman, NOT accepting defeat gracefully....
over the weekend i had the pleasure of doing a major service to a buddies 12RT....full monte service, tires, brake flush, alt belt, all lubricants, TB sync, valve check/adjust, replaced headlight bulb AND he wanted me to lube the driveshaft splines, fore and aft...no problem i say, easy peasy....
so i set about to remove everything needed to gain access to the swingarm, special tools at hand...remove the FD, foot peg mounts and shock bolt...."ah" i say need to get that bushing out of the swingarm to free the shock bottom....a little heat to release what i think was excessive thread locker (the bolt came out with minor resistance)...nope, the bush (33172338103) would not budge...."hmmmm" i say...i'll just get my handy bearing puller out and be in business in a couple of strokes of the slide hammer....nope, no go....then i try a big boy easy out to 'turn it out'...still no go....i tried every trick in the book to get that bugger out....finally gave in and put the parts back together in defeat....
so, admitting defeat is not in my general make-up and using all of my experience to beat being defeated...i failed....
my next plan of attack is to thread the bushing with probably a 1/2-13 tap and use a slide hammer to pull it out....i have ordered another from Max for replacement...
i don't understand the need to "lock" this bushing in place....sloppy assembly i guess...
opinions on my plan of attack would be greatly appreciated...
wyman, NOT accepting defeat gracefully....
