Rotten GS550 swing arm. Any ideas?

[Animal Mother]

An 8-V 750 or 1000 arm might fit...?
Or possibly 16-V 750?
Some measurement involved.

8-V 550s were built in decent numbers. I'd think you could find one fairly easily.
Spares situation may be different in the UK, though.
Good Luck.

BTW - what's an "autojumble"? Seen that term in a few Brit mags, just curious.

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Oops. Sorry,missed your post.

Yep, same as swap meet.

The trouble with spares over here is that we use salt on our roads so everything rots.

[haztoys]

The trouble with spares over here is that we use salt on our roads so everything rots.

And a Island in the North Sea does not help either ..One thing Yanks don't see either ..Is in the UK its OK to ride a old Jap bike ..So people just dont give a old bike away for a $100 bucks .. In the USA if its not a H-D your a freak for riding a old Jap bike ...

(Best friends from Leeds UK .. I ship a mass of unrusted and unloved parts to the UK each year and have for 15 years ..To keep the UK boys riding ...)

[Animal Mother]

Excellent result!!


Managed to find a absolutely perfect (looks like NOS) swinger in Germany. It arrived yesterday.
?30 inc. postage.

Bearings and pins are perfect, sadly they need to come out for powder coating.

I take it they'll get wrecked when I remove them?

[rapidray]

It I were you I would look at a late model GS500 twin swingarm. Aluminum & later model wheels & brakes too! Ray.