Let’s perform rear maintenance.
Well, the oil content was in good shape.
We’ll replace the link bearings. At that time, we should also replace the inner sleeves and bolts/nuts. I occasionally see shops that only lubricate or do a link area OH and reuse the lock nuts, but I’d rather replace them to be safe and for appearance’s sake. It shouldn’t come loose, but it’s nice to replace them anyway.
For removal and installation, we make simple aluminum spacers from the center pin each time. If we stamp and sort them, we can always work smoothly.
The bearing condition of the replacement swingarm is good, so we’ll reuse it.
It’s easy to scratch something, so we’ll protect everything carefully.
Please let us replace the chain slider with a new one.
Let me go back to before the work. This frame cover is extremely tricky. It has a rib structure and a Y-shape, so it just won’t come off. It would be nice if the right side had a pivot hole too—that’s the design we’re stuck with.
At first I brought dental floss from home and worked on it while smelling the mint, but it was completely useless.
Then I thought about fishing line, but the local tackle shop is closed almost every Wednesday.
So I headed to the nearby Workman to get mason’s line, but it was under renovation.
The hardware store down the street had it in stock, so that saved me.
I wonder if the only way to work more easily is to hang it from above.
I still can’t believe people lift it with the step. Shearing a bolt requires force in the ton range, but before that, there’s the risk of the plate or step bending, which makes it a tough call.
This is on hold for now.
