What does extended swingarm do?
Extended swing arms — the main part of the rear suspension, holding the rear axle — help prevent the bike from going into wheelie position on takeoff, which can happen unintentionally. It affects the rake (or angle) of the bike’s steering axis, which needs to be optimized for racing.
Which suspension is better for bikes?
A motorcycle suspension setup primarily consists of two telescopic tubes at the front and a swingarm mounted with twin or single shock absorber at the rear. Now a days, monoshock or single shock absorber at the rear is preferred in most of the bikes because of its better performance and sporty looking characteristics.
How to remove a seized swingarm pivot bolt?
Usually they dont take this, but when the end of the pivot bolt splits open from pounding on it, its at the point of now return. Local motorcycle service shops send broke or damaged parts beyond their shops capabilities for me to repair them when possible. No real magic hear, just using tools that are appropriate for the job at hand. Loading…
What’s the best way to pull a seized pin?
HugeGuyDustin likes this. pulling seized pins is a pain. Depending on the pin and location we can press them out, pull them out with a press and rod or heat the surrounding area to expand it and drive the pin out. you can also heat the pin to shrink it, if that doesn’t work burn a hole through it and then it should shrink.
Where are the seized pins on a cylinder rod?
The pin is prolly seized at each end and not in the middle where the cylinder rod rotates on it. Try and get the area around the pin on both sides cherry red if possible by switching from one to the other. the faster you can do this the better so the heat doesn’t transfer to the pin.
Can you pull cat pins with a Porta press?
Its not that you destroy the temper, its when you load up the welded on nut with the press it normally rips off and the press goes flying. Most Cat pins have a threaded hole into thread a puller rod into. add some spacer, a porta press and a ram and it should move. normally the limiting factor is the rods strength, 70tons.