Cb400 F2 Swingarm Removal

[waffey]

Hi,

might be a daft question. I'm stripping my Honda down, I pulled the swing arm bolt out and I expected the swing arm to fall to the ground. It didn't fall out  , I gave it a wiggle but it wont dropped down. Have I missed something or do I need to persuade it out?

thanks in advance

[Integra99]

Yes its just held in place by the bolt so in theory it should juts drop down. Over time its probably found itself at home and from memory mine required a gentle tap with a rubber mallet and some WD40 and she dropped out.

[70sHonda]

Took mine out on a 750 recently; exactly as Integra says, just needs a bit of patience and careful use of the mallet and it frees up eventually. The other thing I found was to keep it ‘square’ when tapping out.

[waffey]

ok, thanks, will have ago again this week

[waffey]

ok, used the persuader tool and the swing arm is off 

[Integra99]

Nice work... good to hear it didnt put up too much of a fight.