Pointy swingarm side play sorted.
 

spent the day up to my armpits in grease and grinders.

but i'm happy to say that i have gotten rid of the nasty play in the swingarm. it took me all day (1pm-8pm) but its sweet as a nut zero play and smooth as.


just to see if it gets rid of that bleedin headshake.
:smt040

Re: swingarm play sorted
 

Go on.......


shims?

Mine gives me so much more confidence in it since I fixed it

Re: swingarm play sorted
 

no shims. i ground down one of the races so there was around .75mm gap when out of the frame and once tightened its sweeeeeet smooth and no play anywhere.

how do you find the headshake now Daz?

Re: swingarm play sorted
 

Haven't had any since I did it. It just feels solid :)

Re: Pointy swingarm side play sorted.
 

i shall see how mine is but its pretty much set up the same as yours so i'm pretty confident.

Re: Pointy swingarm side play sorted.
 

Buy a Curvy frame :mrgreen: :p :takeabow: :cheers:

Re: Pointy swingarm side play sorted.
 

wahey, it's so satisfying trying to shake it side to side and it being rock solid.

Re: Pointy swingarm side play sorted.
 

just had the bike out for a quick blast and what a difference. strangely the front feels more planted and it keeps a better line.

on a straight road it feels way better than before, i used to get a vague feeling but that's now gone and its keeping its self straight as a die.

cornering is a pleasure and i can now feel both tyres doing their stuff with no hint of head shake or wallowing. the bike was good before but this has stepped it up a notch or two :-)

Re: Pointy swingarm side play sorted.
 

update time:

was out on Sunday 08/04/2012. bike performed flawlessly giving it a good old thrashing.

noted changes were.. so much easier to keep lines, no more head shake mid corner. i'm not fighting with the bars like i was before getting on the throttle and is surprisingly smoother. i rode a few bends that i know would have given the bike some head shake before the adjustment but there was nothing there now, it's like i have fitted a steering damper.

Re: Pointy swingarm side play sorted.
 

Nice one. ive still got my front wheel bearing to do (hint hint).