Driveline/Swingarm service

[redjay]

Hi All,

I did the driveline/swingarm service this weekend on my 05 Nomad with 37,000 kms. There was no grease on the rear wheel splines, no grease in the swing arm bearings, no grease on the transmission output gear, no grease in the top of the rear air shock needle bearings. The driveshaft u joint appeared to be okay so I did not replace that.

The whole job is daunting when you do it for the first time but really not that difficult for the average wrencher once you get into it. There was some wear on the transmission output gear and some oil from the gear case in the driveshaft housing (swingarm). I will now fill the oil on the gear case to the oil level hole when the bike is on the sidestand and not upright from now on. I am hoping the gear case seal is okay and I was just overfilling it.

I had to let the air out of the new Avon Cobra in order to get it past the gear case housing and swing arm. It was too wide when inflated by about a quarter of an inch (180-70 tire).

You have to cut the rear brake line loops on the swingarm with a hacksaw to remove the brake hose before you can get the swingarm out.

Because I had the stock exhaust system on the bike I had to remove it to get the swing arm bolt out as the rear cylinder exhaust pipe covers the bolt. After I had the bike altogether I found a bushing in the rags under the bike. The bushing had fallen out of the frame where the one of the goat belly bolt fits.

I had to take the exhaust pipes off again to remove the goat belly and put the bushing in the frame. I could not move the goat belly enough with the pipes in place to get the bushing in the frame.

I will be a lot quicker doing the job next time but seeing as I just fitted a new rear tire that should not be for a while.