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Author Message   Mookie Posted on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - 09:29 pm:        im hoping im just paranoid but i have removed the pinch bolts from both sides and after following the manual, i cannot get the rear axle free from the bearings. it seems that the more i turn, the tighter the rim ends up into the side of the swingarm   Spatten1 Posted on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - 09:42 pm:        Sounds like the bearings' inner races are frozen to the axle. This has happened to other people, I can't remember the fix. Do a search with the google feature at the top of the page. Use anti-seize on the threads and flat surfaces when you put it back together. Good luck.   Sub65chris Posted on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - 10:06 pm:        penetrating lube from napa works as well as a deadblow hammer on the axle itself.   New12r Posted on Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - 10:20 pm:        Those salty michigan roads will screw up anything metal. I would soak everything back there with PB Blaster overnight, use a broom stick and a dead blow hammer and see if she comes. If not a sawzall will fit between the swingarm and the bearings. Cut both sides and get a new axle and bearings. I know cuz that is how I had to remove my axle and swing arm pivot bolt after my last crash.   Gowindward Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 09:15 am:        It will help if you clamp the swingarm side together to keep them from spreading when you start to back out the axle. A tie down strap would work.   Lovematt Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 09:16 am:        I had this happen the first time I took off the rear wheel...I used cable lube on the axle, tapped the axle a few times, let it sit for about an hour, tapped it again, and then ran a ratcheting tie down through the wheel around the swingarm to squeeze it. As I loosened the axle, I tapped it a few times and it broke loose. After that I have run anti-seize on the threads and grease on the rest of the axle and have not had a problem since...   Mookie Posted on Thursday, May 01, 2008 - 01:19 pm:        sooo... how do you get the little peice of axle stuck inside the swingarm out after you break it?   New12r Posted on Thursday, May 01, 2008 - 01:21 pm:        I got a swingarm I will sell ya! $50 plus shipping. It is mostly polished.   Sub65chris Posted on Thursday, May 01, 2008 - 05:09 pm:        go to napa and get a broken screw extraction kit. you drill and hammer it in then turn it out follow the directions!!

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