dawarriorman Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 The rear end has been creaking forever, and has lately got louder and more annoying. I always thought it had been the shock mounts, but I finally figured out it was the swingarm pivot (loosen it and the creaking stops). Retorquing it didn't work, neither did some penetrating oil. Im out of time today to mess with it anny more, have to go to work. So I was wondering if anybody else had this happen, and solved it already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanYE west Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 probably have to take it out and regrease it. I do mine once a year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilarious Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Have you fellas thought about replacing the bearings in there? Theres 2 sets of needle bearings in there. :beer: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bansheeseat$$ Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Pull your swing arm off,Remove the sleeve and grease the needle bearings and the sleeve itself and put ur back together and and you won't have any more squeking from it for a while.I do mine every three months. :beer: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawarriorman Posted August 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Have you fellas thought about replacing the bearings in there? Theres 2 sets of needle bearings in there. :beer: They're a year and half old. Changed them when I put the chain slider on. Guess I'll go ahead and grease them suckers up then tommorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefighterjosh Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Just take the bolt out and slide a long screw driver behind it. It will hold your swinger in place until you slide you bolt back through Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dajogejr Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 That bolt is hollow... If you have time and a drill press, here's what you do... Tap both ends. Put a plug in one, put a zerk in the other. Drill small holes, about 3 or 4 of them through the bolt itself (hence the need for a drill press and a few bits in case you break one...) You'll never have to worry bout it again.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenBB Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 My son's Banshee is a squeaky fucker too, I'm gonna hafta tear it all down soon too. Mine made way more noise from the rear shock bearings, for some reason the seals were installed backwards. I did the same as dajogejr, cross-drilled the bolt & spacer, welded the head end shut and put a zerk on the threaded end of the bolt; works great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawarriorman Posted August 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 That bolt is hollow... If you have time and a drill press, here's what you do... Tap both ends. Put a plug in one, put a zerk in the other. Drill small holes, about 3 or 4 of them through the bolt itself (hence the need for a drill press and a few bits in case you break one...) You'll never have to worry bout it again.... Good idea. I think I've even got some zerks floating around somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samdogmx Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 thats a great idea, mines been squeeking too. Time to take it to work & fix it for good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawarriorman Posted August 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 Yep, that fixed it up perfect. Thanks for the suggestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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