reinstalling swingarm (shaft drive) ....? ?

[Redman]

I found if get the boot really on the swingarm properly, it stays on real well. Must not have been on well on those previous attempts.

4th and 5th attemept went better. Got it.

And when I got it in near place, I pulled it back some, so the boot was out of the way and bolted the output flange to the u-joint, then put swingarm back in place. Good idea.

Thanks guys.


Now for the next fun.

With the drive shaft layin in bootom of the swing arm, how to get the final drive unit on the end of the swingarm when the drive shaft need to be centered so its splione fit into the center of the final drive input.....?
Maybe can reach in ther with screw driver or something and hold the drive shaft up and get the final drive in place just enough.

Maybe rude of me to ask before even trying myself, but I was done for the night, and I can see that is then next puzzle to figure out.

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[chuck hahn]

Reach inn with some long needle nose pliers and hold then end up. The bolts for the diff will be "just" started into the flange at this point. Hold the end up with the pliers and reach back with your right hand and push and wiggle rather vigorously and the splines will slip into place. Dont be shy to beat the damned thing around...your not gonna hurt anything. Be deliberate and aggressive with the thing.

[Redman]

Reach inn with some long needle nose pliers and hold then end up. T...............

Thanks Chuck,

Tryed n-n-plyers, tried thin screw driver, tried a small nut on end of thin wire.... could not find anything that would fit and allow the splines to mate up. Maybe I am just not coordinated enough, and hard to hold and manouver that final drive with one hand.

After a while I held the final drive up at a bit of an angle, used both hands on the final drive, then pushed and wiggled the final drive, and somehow it mated up.

Afterwards, Just to be sure; I did push around the drive shaft flange and saw the output splines of the final drive turning...Okay.

Now to get the boot over the secondary assembly, and the clamp, then that will be all swingarm related.
And get the rear brake linkage and spring back together.

Thanks Guys.

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