Re: 72' yamaha dt2 250 with frozen swingarm... i think


"The Real Bev" <bashley101+usenet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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SC_Tom wrote:

It took the better part of a weeks worth of wailing and cursing
to remove the one on my old CZ400. Who ever designed plain bronze
bearings
into a dirt bikes swing arm without any means to grease it should be
taken
out and shot. JMO

I had thought that if I ever had to take the long-lost Ducati swingarm
apart
again I would put a zerk fitting in. Would that have worked?

--
Cheers, Bev

Sure would. Any time you can keep that area lubed it makes for much easier
removal. On my CZ400, I made my own bolt with grease ports and a zerk
fitting on the end (like the old Honda street bikes) to keep it lubed.
Putting a zerk fitting on the swingarm tube would have required welding a
boss to the tube as the tube is too thin to tap for a 1/4" NPT fitting,
possibly causing it to warp.

Tom


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