what did you do with your fazer today ?

[Grahamm]

I could have sworn that when I had mine out, the sleeve fitted up against a shoulder, with about 10 to 12mm sticking proud on the right side. If im right, thats why you cant draw it out, youre drawing against the shoulder

Damn, having had a look with a fibreoptic scope (bought it a couple of years ago for the hell of it, glad I did now!) it seems you're right.


What I *thought* was the end of the sleeve on the left hand side, is probably just the marks left from the end of the bolt that goes through the bottom of the rear shock


It didn't help that the bloody Haynes Manual shows the tool I made up in the Tools and Workshop Tips section and says "Hey, you can use this to get the bearing out of a swingarm".


Of course if Yamaha had made it a sensible design in the first foccing place...


Agricola: When you say "Dremel a slot", do you mean like a screwdriver slot that goes across both sides of the sleeve?


Also did you use heat? ISTR warnings that a butane torch can melt aluminium, so I don't want to wreck the swingarm if I try to heat the sections each side of the bottom of the shock...


Any helpful tips would be welcomed.