Swing arm bearing replacement tips and tricks

[salmon_slayer06]

Did the swing arm bearings on the banshee this weekend. I had no trouble in replacing these and these were off an 89 j arm. I went with the pivot works bearing kit.  Came with new bearings, spacer, side caps seals. I ordered new oem bolt and nut and washers. 

1. Remove swing arm bolt. I used an air hammer and cut the end of one of the chisel tips so it's a flat end. When you remove the nut on the swinger bolt simply tap out this bolt with a couple raps of the impact hammer. Works like a charm.

2. To remove the bearings... I used the swinger bolt and nut as a tool. I rounded the corners on the swing arm bolts nut. The nut was threaded back onto the swing arm bolt. Than I used the nut as I type of ram to knock out the bearing. Set swinger on a couple 2x4's and use air hammer with same cut off tip attachment to knock out the bearings. I did spray some pb blaster down in there to help. This method worked flawlessly. Absolutely incredible how nice it went. Trust me. No damage. 

3. To install new bearings I used one of the old side caps as a installation tool. Placed bearing on end of swinger, placed cap on top and used impact to knock the new bearing in. Go around in criss cross pattern to go in evenly. Wow so nice. Just a few raps and goes in. Completed the install with generous amounts of grease and checked axle bearings. Job went well. Figure I'd share since I've heard horror stories on these.. no sledge hammer used here.

the swing arm bolt even used for removing bearings was useable. But I installed a new one anyway. The bearings came out undamaged... hard to believe I know.

[Ayesully810]

Good tips sir

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