RG150: Removing swingarm pivot

[Coyote]

Trying to remove the engine and I've done everything except remove the swingarm pivot. It's the last thing holding on and it doesn't want to budge. What should I do?

Quickly getting fustrated. Broke the valve stem on top of a brand new can of CRC

[FilthyLuka]

got a big f##k off mallet? thats what i'd use

[Madness]

Checked the service manual? Could be something stupid like a left-hand thread?? The mallet idea is good, often a hard impact will work better than a constant delivery of torque.

Obviously I'm unfamiliar with this problem, hard to make out from the pics.

[Drum]

Leverage is your friend. Try putting a long steel pipe (say 1m to 2m or whatever you have lying around) over the handle of the ratchet and turning it that way.

[Coyote]

I've got my beloved chunky big rubber mallet that's been undoing all the bolts thus far. It's just this last one that won't budge. When I whack the rachet it gets levered off, and I can't get a spanner in because as you can see in the photo the frame surrounds the bolt. The manual doesn't metion it being left-hand thread but it could be, I'll give that a shot. Bicycles tend to have left-hand screws on the left side

Let you know what happens in the morning

[imdying]

The manual doesn't metion it being left-hand thread but it could be, I'll give that a shot. Bicycles tend to have left-hand screws on the left side

Let you know what happens in the morning

Oooer, this could end in tears..

[Crisis management]

Oooer, this could end in tears..

Oh, go on, he hasn't got the gas axe out yet....

[FilthyLuka]

The manual doesn't metion it being left-hand thread but it could be, I'll give that a shot. Bicycles tend to have left-hand screws on the left side

Let you know what happens in the morning

baah!!! i see that going badly... get your man bar out, turn it left so to tighten it a little (1/10th of a turn) and then unscrew... repeat three times... bash... repeat... bash... repeat... bash

you get the picture

if the manual doesnt say its a left hand thread its not a left hand thread! are you sure there actually IS a thread... i know my gn is just a bolt and nut swing arm pivot... take off nut, bash out pivot... Try getting someone to hold up your swingarm whilst doing it to take pressure off the pivot.

[riffer]

Stupid things frozen in there, hasn't it?

You're gonna need to get some major leverage there Dan. Pipe on the end of a long socket set pry bar.

Before you get the oxy torch out...

[Ivan]

Just a question you are trying to get the nut off I assume?


WOnt be a left hand thread on a bike made in Thailand,

And your using a ratchet to undoe something thats tight? You do know that does wreck the ratchet, Get a strong arm and use that.


Have you got arattlegun normally slap a rattle gun on and let it rip nut will be off in a second

[Coyote]

Oooer, this could end in tears..

Not yet...

Oh, go on, he hasn't got the gas axe out yet....

Don't have one. But I do have a handheld butane torch

baah!!! i see that going badly... get your man bar out, turn it left so to tighten it a little (1/10th of a turn) and then unscrew... repeat three times... bash... repeat... bash... repeat... bash

you get the picture

if the manual doesnt say its a left hand thread its not a left hand thread! are you sure there actually IS a thread... i know my gn is just a bolt and nut swing arm pivot... take off nut, bash out pivot... Try getting someone to hold up your swingarm whilst doing it to take pressure off the pivot.

My man bar?

I was told by RG100 that it wasn't left-handed last night so I haven't been tightening it all day. It could possibly not be threaded, but I tried whacking it out from the other end and it's stuck tight.

Stupid things frozen in there, hasn't it?

You're gonna need to get some major leverage there Dan. Pipe on the end of a long socket set pry bar.

Before you get the oxy torch out...

I was asking Dad if there was such thing as a simple bar with a socket plug on it. He wasn't sure. I was going out to supercheap soon to have a look. Already been in today to buy a new top-quality 17mm socket. It's tough. All I have is a torque wrench so I tried using that, but I ripped the adapter in half. The new socket doesn't even have a scratch.

Just a question you are trying to get the nut off I assume?


WOnt be a left hand thread on a bike made in Thailand,

And your using a ratchet to undoe something thats tight? You do know that does wreck the ratchet, Get a strong arm and use that.


Have you got arattlegun normally slap a rattle gun on and let it rip nut will be off in a second

I've already got the nut off from the right side, now I'm trying to slide the bolt out from the left so the swingarm and motor are free.

A strong arm I imagine is what riffer described as a pry bar?

And I don't have many fancy tools yet like a rattle gun. My electric drill is 30 years old, and the second one is 60

[FilthyLuka]

A strong arm I imagine is what riffer described as a pry bar?

or what i described as a man bar

big fuck off long metal bar, socket on the end, usually the end can turn 180 degrees from side to side...

[imdying]

Oooer, don't use a torque wrench unless you know it likes to undo things, some just bugger the calibration Don't know enough about tools to know how to identify which ones do or don't though.

This is what you want:
http://hand-tools.hardwarestore.com/...le-626054.aspx

[FilthyLuka]

okay, try this...

take the wheel off the swingarm. if theres weight on the swing arm, there is added friction on the pivot, making it harder to remove. After the wheel is off, detach (im sure thats spelt wrong) you suspension mounting. Now that there is no rear shock, get a mate or any random person to lift the swing arm so it is parralel to the floor... This should remove the majority of the strain on the pivot. Get your mate (whilst maintaining the parralel) to get the death grip on the swing arm... try to turn the bolt, if it turns, YAY! i doubt that the bolt is threaded because... well in my mind it sounds silly. turn it to get rid of any hardened crud, and then beat the mother f##ker out with a mallet. give your mate beer...

in that order

denden

[FilthyLuka]

Oooer, don't use a torque wrench unless you know it likes to undo things, some just bugger the calibration Don't know enough about tools to know how to identify which ones do or don't though.

This is what you want:
http://hand-tools.hardwarestore.com/...le-626054.aspx

yes... that indeed is a man bar...