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MIKE550/4:
how did i miss this,  :-\

these are the sort of things that make me want to hang this up

got round to fitting swingarm,  arm is powdercoated to match rest of bike

if i am right they have powdercoated grease nipple ?

went to fit this tonight to find dent in side

also these bushes dont look great

give me some advice guys on the following

grease nipple (  simply unblock or renew?)
dent ok to use still swingarm? safety wise
bushes replace?  is it easy job

pics

Bryanj:
Unscrew nipple and replace with new, pennies to fix, would like tp see pics of steel sleevr before commenting on bushes

MIKE550/4:
not sure what you mean bryan pic wise

do you want  more detailed pic of the inside of the round tube inside  where the main bolt goes for swing arm ? ie knock the sleeve out

this dent strangely seems to have appeared once i undone the grease nipple

is this swingarm still ok to use ( ie safety wise )

Bryanj:
Dent i wouldnt worry about those arms are way over engineered on the 500/550.
The steel sleeve that goes through the bushes and has the hole the long bolt goes through should slide out easily---if it needs to be "knocked" out you have a problem and its the outside of that tube in the area of the bushes i want to see

MIKE550/4:
hmmm not sure what to do

will not slide out easily, does not seem to be any play , do you think i would be doing more harm than good if start using a drift to get this sleeve out

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