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RideRed400EX
08-30-2002, 11:55 AM
I realized that my swingarm pivot bolt is bent and will have to be replaced. Baldwin sells one for seventy bucks but I can get a the stock bolt for llike twenty. Is an aftermarket bolt really worth that much money???
Razorback
08-30-2002, 01:00 PM
it wouldn't be to me normally, but if it would keep from seizing up, then maybe so :D the stock pivot bolt is kinda soft, but i don't think it's necessarily too weak. jmo though.
oynot400
08-30-2002, 01:05 PM
I really can't see paying $70 for a bolt. :rolleyes: I would put in a grease zerk in a stock one. That or pull it out and grease it once or twice a year.
RideRed400EX
08-30-2002, 01:07 PM
I figure I bent one stocker and the next one will suffer the same fate. Unforunately there aren't many options for aftermarket pivot bolts. Breaking one at the wrong time could be disaster.

I'm surprised more people don't have this problem.
RideRed400EX
08-30-2002, 01:17 PM
oynot400 can I put a grease zerk in the stock swingarm? If so do you have the measurements from each side?
oynot400
08-30-2002, 01:17 PM
I think there are alot of "bent" pivot bolts out there. That is why people have problems getting them out. I don't thing you want a hard bolt in there. It may cause more problems. Do they say anything about it other than the price? :confused: I would be curious to know.
oynot400
08-30-2002, 01:24 PM
Originally posted by RideRed400EX
oynot400 can I put a grease zerk in the stock swingarm? If so do you have the measurements from each side?
I have heard of people installing grease zerks in a stock swing arm. I have not done it, although I was going to. I figure I will get a Houser swing arm this winter. :D
If you have it apart, with the bearings out. drill and tap a hole where the bearing is. I would put a zerk in the bolt also with holes in it to grease the swing arm and the spacers.
Teufel
08-30-2002, 01:46 PM
Use the stock bolt and put antiseize on it. You need to pull the bolt and grease the bearings periodically anyway.
Leo
08-30-2002, 02:07 PM
the spacers are where the trouble lies.. they gets siezed to the bolt..

take it out at least once a year (more often if you ride in a lot of water / mud) and lube it up.. or you'll never get it out when you need to..!

Leo
Mxbubs
08-30-2002, 05:34 PM
My dad can make you a titanium that is hard to bend for $65 shipped.

Thompsoncreekrider@hotmail.com
cdalejef
08-31-2002, 06:22 AM
A little warning about putting grease zerks in alum. swingarm pivots. I did this several years ago on my 250R and a couple races later it cracked right through the little hole that I drilled for the zerk.:grr
yamaha1470
08-31-2002, 08:12 AM
any1 have a picture of where this bolt is and how i go about lubing it because i ride a lot of water and mud.
Dave400ex
08-31-2002, 09:19 AM
Just take the Bolt out and put some Grease on it, then put it back in. That`s what I did. I didn`t have any Problems getting mine out I just used a Wood Rod to pound it all the way through.
yamaha1470
08-31-2002, 09:34 AM
wheres the bolt and do u tprque it down when it goes back on?
RideRed400EX
09-01-2002, 10:36 AM
the pivot bolt is just above the footpegs (I think the nut 22 mm). It the only one with a hole going right through the middle.
yamaha1470
09-01-2002, 11:21 AM
When I take that off is the swingarm gunna fall off? also do u have to torque it? Thanks
RideRed400EX
09-01-2002, 11:51 AM
If you remove the rear shock and linkage then yes, the swingarm will come right out after your remove the pivot bolt.
Dave400ex
09-01-2002, 12:25 PM
Torque it to 80 foot pounds.