The DR650 thread

**Waipukbiker** · 2nd October 2013, 19:33

Cheers Eddie, I will just hold off on that for now, Thanks for the help anyway. The previous stand was shortened by the previous owner and it was a pain to park sometimes cos it was a bit too long so I think the genuine shorty may have been a bit shorter. Nordie has a point, certainly very stable the way it is now. I have always hopped on by standing on the L/H peg and swinging over, makes life easy with the saddle bags on. I might just use this as an excuse to weld a bigger plate on the end for softer ground and that will lift it slightly.

**@ndy** · 12th October 2013, 19:49

Hello, after major thinking and pondering I decided to keep the old DR and attempt a full tear down/rebuild/improvement of my 1991 Dr650RSE.

I almost finish to take the whole thing apart but have a couple of problems...
How do I take the bearings out?
And I just can't figure out how to take this bolt out from the swing arm to the wishbone. It turns and it spins but doesn't unbolt, there is no bolt on the other side to hold it.

Should I use an hammer? ... Just curios if anybody here have any idea... Thanks

**pete376403** · 12th October 2013, 20:02

probably the inner race of the needle bearing has corroded to the bolt shaft. Violence may be the answer. Support the frame round the outside of the bolt head, attack from the other end of the bolt with a decent size hammer

(disclaimer - I ride a KLR. This is how most things are fixed)

**k1w33d** · 12th October 2013, 20:21

I used a grinder to get mine off. This was on a KDX200. The bolt/shaft, bearings and bush had basically cold welded itself into one huge mass.

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**k1w33d** · 12th October 2013, 20:22

Grinding in action

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**@ndy** · 13th October 2013, 14:12

Thanks ill try and attack with grinder and hammer, than I was thinking to take the frame, swing arm and forks to get sandblasted and powder coated.
Only superficial rust in there but I'd like to have them all clean and painted for bike reassembly... Bad idea ? Should I just wire brush and spray paint?

**gav24** · 14th October 2013, 16:56

Getting the frame done is probably a good idea, but the forks and swinging arm shouldn't be done. Maybe soda blasted and anodised if you're keen, otherwise a good clean should be fine. Don't forget to mask up all the threaded parts of the frame before plastic coating. Internal and external threads, every last one, unless you enjoy spending hours with a tap and die cleaning up the threads...

**@ndy** · 14th October 2013, 20:25

I did it... I grind the sh!t out of it in the middle of the bolt! wishbone is now free from swing arm.
Head of bolt still stuck in swing arm tho so will have to drill it out I guess.

So better don't powder coat swing arm? I did read it somewhere else as well but I wonder why?
Tonight I tried to take the wheels apart but the ex bolts that hold the disk are well stuck, trying again tomorrow otherwise I'll grind those too... The spokes need to changed anyway.

**pomgolian** · 14th October 2013, 21:02

Originally Posted by pisTamunno

I did it... I grind the sh!t out of it in the middle of the bolt! wishbone is now free from swing arm.
Head of bolt still stuck in swing arm tho so will have to drill it out I guess.

So better don't powder coat swing arm? I did read it somewhere else as well but I wonder why?
Tonight I tried to take the wheels apart but the ex bolts that hold the disk are well stuck, trying again tomorrow otherwise I'll grind those too... The spokes need to changed anyway.

Disc bolts will have loctite on the threads warm the bolts with a hot air gun to loosen the loctite and they should come out, like most seized things a bit of heat saves a lot of grinding.

**@ndy** · 15th October 2013, 20:02

Heat gun at work... Success disks are off.

Thanks for the tip.

Next I started disassembling the brake callipers... Lots of rust, mmm will look at options for some aftermarket ones or wire brush and paint them.

Also funny thing when I opened the rear callipers both the rubber pistons where missing!!

I still have to buy a bearing puller, any suggestions ? I went to supercheap they had those 2legged ones for about 40 dollars each size, or do I want something like that... http://www.enduroforkseals.com/id197.html

Next thing to do on the list.... Take spokes apart, repaint hubs, look at the forks...

**pomgolian** · 16th October 2013, 07:36

Originally Posted by pisTamunno

Heat gun at work... Success disks are off.

Thanks for the tip.

Next I started disassembling the brake callipers... Lots of rust, mmm will look at options for some aftermarket ones or wire brush and paint them.

Also funny thing when I opened the rear callipers both the rubber pistons where missing!!

I still have to buy a bearing puller, any suggestions ? I went to supercheap they had those 2legged ones for about 40 dollars each size, or do I want something like that... http://www.enduroforkseals.com/id197.html

Next thing to do on the list.... Take spokes apart, repaint hubs, look at the forks...

Whats the bearing puller for ?? if its wheel bearings they should tap out easily with a long punch. (tool that is)