Has anyone out there had trouble removing their single- sided swingarm for lubrication/replacement of bearings? As I don't mind a bit of spannerwork,and I like to know things are done properly,I gave it a go. Here's MY tale.... I wanted to lube the roller bearings in the swingarm; I went to the expense of buying the special service tool for the castellated locknut on the RHS......... All went well to start with;took off all the stuff to gain easy access.....wheel,rear brakes,pillion pegs,shock etc.used the service tool,then went to take out the "pivot adjusting bolt" as per the Honda manual. Would not shift at all! Cutting this tale a bit short,I eventually had to cut this "bolt" between the frame and the swingarm with a hacksaw blade (do you call it that in the US?) which released the swingarm,then cut the "bolt" radially from within to remove it,to just meet the threads in the frame,the levered out the segments of this "bolt". All a bit nerve-wracking,because if I buggered the theads on the alloy frame I would probably be looking at a new frame! Plus I didn't want to mark the frame. Anyway,got it out,and boy was it corroded in place,no wonder it would not shift. I did try penetrating oil and even heat,which this part of the frame seems to get plenty of,but they had no effect at all.Must have been electrolytic corrosion,as the rest of my bike is clean and rust/corrosion-free.(This is the UK,mind.) The only damage was a small amount of nicking of the threads in the frame,but not sufficient to weaken them. All is now well lubricated with copper-grease. I was not able to find anything about this problem anywhere except from a dealer who smiled and said all bikes with alloy frames suffer this eventually.
