Jon, the rear swing arm is more labour intensive than difficult. I did mine a couple of years ago, but my bearings seemed fine. I did not look in the manual so I am a little unclear on what the special tool is, is it to pull the bearings?
Make sure you purchase new shims for the swingarm. I was told by my mechanic that he felt the torque spec on the swingarm bolt is to low and he suggested to add another 10 ft/lbs. He suggested this because of torque's on other sport bikes he worked on. For those flamers out there, yes I know the GTS is not a true sport bike, we just like to ride them like one! Hope this helps. Grant Gall ----- Original Message ----- From: "Crisler, Jon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: September 9, 2002 11:27 AM Subject: Lube of rear swingarm > How difficult is it to lube the rear bearings on the swingarm ? Mine has > never been done. I checked the freeplay, and there is a slight amount. The > specs are 1mm sideplay at the swing-arm end. Seems funny that there are no > grease fittings back there.... > > While I am at it, how difficult is it to replace the bearings ? How > expensive is that "special tool" ? I have the service manual, and there is > very little info on this topic. > > The information contained in this e-mail including any attachments may > constitute Corvis Corporation Proprietary Information that is subject to > Non-Disclosure Agreement and cannot be disclosed to any other party without > the express consent of Corvis Corporation. If you are neither the intended > recipient of this e-mail nor responsible for delivering this e-mail to the > intended recipient, note that any dissemination, distribution, copying, or > retention of this e-mail is prohibited. If you believe you have received > this e-mail in error, we request that you notify the sender by return e-mail > and then delete this e-mail and any return e-mail immediately.
