Jon, I did mine last year and it is a bit silly that they didn't put grease nipples on the linkages down there. Some listers have, but I didn't like the idea of drilling into the cast housings of these parts.
But if you think that's silly wait till you try and get one of the bolts out of the suspension linkages - it will almost be out and then it will hit the centerstand. You'll have to completely remove the centerstand from the bike to get that bolt out, and yes that means you'll also have to find a way to support the bike without the centerstand while you're working under it. Before you take the centerstand off make a mark where the center of the bolt runs into it and then after it is removed drill a 1" hole through the centerstand bracket. Next time you have to service the rear suspension you can use the centerstand to hold up the bike! While I was in there I didn't like the amount of side play that Yam allowed (mine had more like 3mm) and I noticed that the sleeve around the main pivot bolt (that runs from one side of the bike to the other) was quite loose around the bolt (even after adding an extra 10 ft/lbs like Grant mentioned - which I now know should not be necessary if all the parts are OK). I had a specific thickness shim machined to the tolerances I measured with a feeler guage. I also had the main pivot bolt and sleeve hard chrome plated and machined to very close tolerances so that there was little chance that the side play would re- appear soon if at all. My side play is now so little that I can't even measure it. Hope this helps. GWN Daren Quoting Grant Gall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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. >
