Swingarm removal - how difficult gen3 Naomi

[dcarver]

• Anyone removed the swing arm?
• Anything to be careful about?
• Degree of difficulty?
• Condition found was (no grease, minimal grease, ok grease?

KrZy8 NAOMI s getting her rear end fixed and I'm debating whether or not remove and grease the swing arm. Clicky

 

[RossKean]

https://www.fjr-tips.org/maint/sa/sa.html

Here's a start

 

[SLK50]

I've had mine off. Thought it would be a good idea

since I was giving it an all-over lube job.

Total waste of time. Didn't need it.

The end didn't justify the time spent.

Unless the bike's been submerged I wouldn't

put in the effort. YMMV

FWIW, the parts that need lubed can be

accessed with the swingarm intact.

 

[Panman]

Don, I followed my nose and it came apart with out to much of an issue. I had to jury rig a spark plug socket to get the big Allen style shaft to thread out on the right side. I put the hex of the socket into the shaft and used a 3/4 Allen wrench in where the plug would go. It was a waste of time as the grease look as good as what I had in the can so I stopped at that point of disassembly and shoved some more grease in and put it back together.

Your Dirty old Deer Striker may need a closer look as you dirt track to your home maybe a bit more hard on it.

 

[MrZappo]

Not hard as long as you have all correct socket sizes. I did mine and it did need it. I greased the heck out it and don't expect to do it again.

Would be a lot easier on a lift. That's for sure.

Worth doing once with some good waterproof grease.

Don't expect it to take an hour though. Expect a few.

 

[kaitsdad]

Don, I had that swing arm off at least once - but that was in 2013? It's not that difficult, and if you're pulling the pumpkin and the shaft, a good part of the work is already done. There's not a lot of movement in the swing arm, so the components rarely show any wear - but I think it's a good idea to check everything. What's going on with the pumpkin?

 

[Kaelaria]

 

[TomInPA]

Is there an executive summary ^^? 46 minutes looks like enough time to do the job.

 

[want2ride]

I had no major problems pulling my swing arm on my Gen 1. No real wear noted and it did need fresh grease. It took a few hours to get it completed. Took time to clean up everything under the rear section while it was off. If you already have the rear end off it will add about an hour on your time. YMMV as I don't do this for a living, lol.

 

[dcarver]

https://www.fjr-tips.org/maint/sa/sa.htmlHere's a start

Thanks Ross, that's a good read.

Don, I followed my nose and it came apart with out to much of an issue. I had to jury rig a spark plug socket to get the big Allen style shaft to thread out on the right side. I put the hex of the socket into the shaft and used a 3/4 Allen wrench in where the plug would go. It was a waste of time as the grease look as good as what I had in the can so I stopped at that point of disassembly and shoved some more grease in and put it back together.
Your Dirty old Deer Striker may need a closer look as you dirt track to your home maybe a bit more hard on it.

Ingenious, Panman. Tx for the tip.

Don, I had that swing arm off at least once - but that was in 2013? It's not that difficult, and if you're pulling the pumpkin and the shaft, a good part of the work is already done. There's not a lot of movement in the swing arm, so the components rarely show any wear - but I think it's a good idea to check everything. What's going on with the pumpkin?

My bad, Hal. This is actually Naomi, not KrZy8.

Thanks, K. That guy does a good job.. but skips over the actual swing arm removal. Ack!

Working it today. And it's cold outside.

 

[dcarver]

Here's the latest. Got R Done.

 

[Kaelaria]

Uh, nope, I didn't skip it. Removal at 20 min after showing everything that has to come out first.

 

[hppants]

Don - thanks for your pictorial write up. That will be very helpful.

 

[dcarver]

My Bad! How did I miss that? Even watched it twice. Guess I should not multi-task. Excellent video mi amigo.

 

[Canadian FJR]

I just spent the day removing, lubing and reinstalling the swingarm & relay arm. Just needed a little cleaning and some fresh grease.

Canadian FJR