I thought I'd have the rear end out for a once-over while I was fitting a new chain and sprockets - I was expecting to find that it might need a bit of a re-grease. What I found was the swingarm spacer seized solid with corrosion (2001 bike). So solid that was actually difficult to knock the spacer out. The photo shows the worst affected end which I'm guessing was the left-hand side - I'm guessing that it was sitting in water when the bike was leant over on the side-stand.
The bearings were a nightmare to get out - I put a chisel on them but the chisel was wrecked and the bearing was entirely unmarked. But I found that the spacer itself made the best drift to knock them out with.
So if your bike's got wet much you might wanna have a little look see. New spacer, bearings and cover caps about £170 from Fowlers.
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