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  1. Sleeperhawk
    Like someone posted, greasing is not covered under warranty and I have 38,000 on the bike, so since I was putting on new tires, decided to grease the swing arm bearings.
  2. Sleeperhawk
    Naw, but I have a ClearView coming in Wednesday, so I am cleaning everything up.:rasberry:
  3. Sleeperhawk
    Got the swing arm off and bearings greased, hardly any grease on them. Getting that rubber boot back on over the U-joint area of the swing arm was not easy. For those that think about doing this, here is a what I did, but some others may have done this differently. 1. Need a jack. 2. Follow the write up for taking the rear wheel off. 3. Take the battery covers off (both sides), just easier to get to and see things. 4. Take off both exhaust (Y pipes only), there are the two bolts at the rear exhaust heads and loosen the bolt (underneath the exhaust pipes that) that connects to the forward exhaust pipes. 5. Remove the passenger floorboards. 6. Pop off the chrome looking cover that was behind the exhaust pipes, this cover hides the bolts that you need to loosen for the swing arm, but do not loosen bolts yet. 7. The rear brake line is attached at three places on the swing arm, remove the two retaining brackets from the swing arm and the third one is a pain but you can pop the hose out of this, you will need a flash light to see this one but follow the brake line to see it. 8. There is another small hose that drops down through the swing arm bracket to the AIS, just remove at the AIS. 9. The speed dometer cable is attached to the swing arm at 3 places, just slide off each hook. 10. Remove the hub and drive shaft. There are 4 acorn nuts that are used to bolt the hub to the swing arm, just remove the nuts, grab hold of the hub and slide the drive shaft out. 11. Remove the shock, there are 4 bolts and two hoses. Remove the bottom 3 bolts and loosen the top bolt but leave in for now. 12. The one hose is a vent hose that runs up along the right side of the battery, there is a clip that holds the hose in place by the battery, just open the clip, pretty easy. 13. The second hose is the hose used to pump up with air, pop the rubber piece out of the way, there is a nut under that rubber piece, take nut off. 14. You should have had all bolts off except for top bolt (see #7), now hold the shock in one hand pull the top bolt out, shock will now drop out. 15. At this point, the only thing holding the swing arm, are the two bolts, one on each side where the chrome caps were removed (see #6). The bolt on the left and the nut on the right are 22 mm in size. You will need a hex for the right side one after the nut is removed. 16. Now, my swing arm did not drop the ground, just kind of laid up there, now be sure your bike is strapped to the jack. I got under the rear fender, grabbed the swing arm and just worked it out. 17. To get to the bearings, I used a screw driver to pop out the seals, I did not damaged them, the are part rubber and metal. 18. These are tapered bearings, no problem taking them out, these are not pressed in. Cleaned them with carb cleaner or brake cleaner, let dry before repacking with grease. 19. Now put everything back together in reverser order. When putting the swing arm back in, I had Mechanic help me with putting the two bolts back in (see#15). The boot that covers the U-joint area is tricky but Mechanic came up with this idea while I was underneath cursing, muttering to myself about that boot. a. First put the shock back in place, helps the swing arm stay in place when working the boot back in place. b. From the left side of the bike, you can actually rotate the boot with your hand while working the boot back over the lip on the swing arm. Any questions, please don't ask.
  4. Sleeperhawk
    I guess I will be going to Harbor Freight tomorrow and get what is called a Blind Bearing Puller.
  5. Sleeperhawk
    Well, here are a couple of pics, so where do I drill to put the grease zert?
  6. Sleeperhawk
    For those of you that have replaced/repacked the Swing Arm bearings, did you replace the bearings seals or were you able to somehow got them out without destroying the seals? If you somehow got out, how?
  7. Sleeperhawk
    Avons not on my poop list, have not had any issue with cracking, but then again, when I am putting between 15000 and 17000 miles per year on the bike, I get a new rear tire every year. The only reason I am using E3, is that I am getting about 4000 miles more on the rear tire than Avon (12000), E3 (16000).
  8. Sleeperhawk
    ZUMO 550 can be found now for a decent price (have to get the xm30 antenna though), and I like my 550. Also, the 655 has the xm antenna but I will wait till these things come down to at least 500.
  9. Sleeperhawk
    Naw, he is cheap
  10. Sleeperhawk
    I think my wife looks better in the passenger seat than the gas tank. :whistling:
  11. Sleeperhawk
    Hey, Have you decided where your staying this year?
  12. Sleeperhawk
    Heck, just make it a once every two year thing.
  13. Sleeperhawk
    I had several sets of Avons, no cracking of any kind, but then again I do not let my bike sit around for months neither. Currently have E3 on the bike just because I wanted to see what kind of mileage and handling were like compared to the Avons. So far I am 2000 miles better on the E3 rear tire. The handling about the same. I have 30000 on the front E3 and at 16000 on the rear. I will be replacing both tires here in another month. Make it a policy of buying a rear tire every year and a front every two years, but then I average around 16000 miles per year too.
  14. Sleeperhawk
    Saw that one too, couldn't click fast enough to get to the next pic :rotf: That was some surprise birthday, :bighug:
  15. Sleeperhawk
    Forecasting rain in N. GA this weekend, so maybe caging it. I will bring my Carbtune, tools and tack in case someone needs a Carbtune, 1st gens I cannot do.
  16. Sleeperhawk
    This was a great time, was totally surprised by this. :cool10:
  17. Sleeperhawk
    Motel6 is kind of getting run down in Amherst, where a lot of us have stayed in the past. We may stay there again, but that is not a definite for this year. We are looking at other options for now.
  18. Sleeperhawk
    Here is the link to the bucket containing pics of the whole group growing older :rotf: [ame=http://s7.photobucket.com/albums/y262/venturerider/Sleeperhawks%20Mechanic%20Birthday%2020100305/]Sleeperhawks Mechanic Birthday 20100305 pictures by venturerider - Photobucket[/ame] Again, thank you all for the surprise birthday M&E.:bighug:
  19. Sleeperhawk
    Hope everything goes ok, if not have them swap shoulders with another patient, keep trying until you find one that you like and fits you. :rotf: Really, hope everything goes great with the operation.
  20. Sleeperhawk
    Boy do you need to get out more, that is two different bikes you old geezer :rotf::rotf:
  21. Sleeperhawk
    Well, since this is his bike, and not someone's else 2nd, he will be fine. I think he was trying to get rid of all 2nd gens until he came over to the right side. :rasberry:
  22. Sleeperhawk
    I got the email notice from HF, part #92474, so sign up on HF web site and you start getting tons of coupons. this is the black, red and brass one.
  23. Sleeperhawk
    They have this tool for $18 with Super Coupon at 40% off. I will going down there to see if they have one in stock here.
  24. Sleeperhawk
    Definitily not a trail, but a well maintained 2 lane highway for cars and motorcycles only. Also, this is the highest point of the BRP, especially from Ashville to Cheroke. The highway ends at a T intersection, go left into Cheroke, go right takes you Gatlinburg, TN and another great ride that is. As all have said, just skip to Tail of the Dragon.
  25. Sleeperhawk
    Welcome to the site. Take a look at the Calendar link above, and look at March 13, there is a George M&E Mechanic and I will be going too. You and the wife are more than welcome to attend.
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