I am looking through the various maintenance schedules for the bike, and I am unable to find any suggestions regarding the swingarm. I have had my 77 for about 4 years now, and as near as I can tell the swingarm has never been off, with about 40,000 miles.
How do you evaluate the swingarm for wear? What preventive maintenance is required? Are there any greasing modifications (such as adding a zerk) that can make the system more reliable?
I tried searching, but didn't come up with much in the way of a maintenance schedule. One thing I did see is the wingovations bearing upgrades, which look very nice.
Thanks!
Swingarm bearing maintenance
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1975 TS125 (Sold), old smoker
1977 naked GL1000, Highway cruiser
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1994 Virago 750 (Wifey's bike)
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Re: Swingarm bearing maintenance
If you are having wobble issues you should ck the bearings. the manual tells you how to adj them. the only, and best ck, is to take the swing are off, and look at the bearings, and the race they ride on, for signs of wear. if they look good, just clean out the old grease, re grease, and install per the manual
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