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Hello, BanditFriends. Silly question time.
So, I was hearing a squeak when I bounced the suspension and decided to get a look at and re-grease all the swing arm & suspension bearings.
All of them came off fairly easily (once I could get around fun obstacles like exhaust pipes, with the exception of the bolt on the lower linkage that connects to the dog bones.
It will NOT loosen. While on the bike, the bolt head was starting round. I finally removed the linkage with the bones still on to get some extra purchase with breaker bars and cracked a-not-exactly-cheap socket head in the process.
Suzuki didn't use a reversed thread here, did they? Are these bolts Loctited from the factory? This is my first time touching these bolts, but I got the bike used. I guess someone else could have overtightened it...I did notice it was the only bolt with the head pointed to the right side of the bike.
I've had the bike since 8300 miles and it's at 35000 or so, but it is usually inside.
At this point I'm ready to just find another linkage on eBay.
So, I was hearing a squeak when I bounced the suspension and decided to get a look at and re-grease all the swing arm & suspension bearings.
All of them came off fairly easily (once I could get around fun obstacles like exhaust pipes, with the exception of the bolt on the lower linkage that connects to the dog bones.
It will NOT loosen. While on the bike, the bolt head was starting round. I finally removed the linkage with the bones still on to get some extra purchase with breaker bars and cracked a-not-exactly-cheap socket head in the process.
Suzuki didn't use a reversed thread here, did they? Are these bolts Loctited from the factory? This is my first time touching these bolts, but I got the bike used. I guess someone else could have overtightened it...I did notice it was the only bolt with the head pointed to the right side of the bike.
I've had the bike since 8300 miles and it's at 35000 or so, but it is usually inside.
At this point I'm ready to just find another linkage on eBay.
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