Buckster Posted June 1 Share Posted June 1 That got your attention! Get your thoughts out of the gutter. I have been getting a bit of a wiggle from my back end (okay just stop). When I did the inner primary bearing I had a quick check of the swing arm and noticed that the isolator rubbers were looking a bit knackered, for some reason Harley decided that the swing arm pivot shaft should go through the back of the transmission and double up as the rear engine mount. To this end the outer ends of the shaft are mounted in some rubber isolators for vibration damping but to also allow the rear of the motor to move a little in the frame. It is such a brilliant design that they did it differently from the model year after mine. The isolators wear and odd handling occurs, usually a wobble in long curves. With mine I am getting what feels like some rear wheel steer intermittently. Rather than just replacing the isolators, I have decided to fit a different pivot shaft with after market isolators. I have this sat on my dining table at the moment, while I am on I am going to renew the radial swing arm bearings and bushes. So that’s something for you all to look forward to, you lucky people. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catteeclan Posted June 2 Share Posted June 2 14 hours ago, Buckster said: That got your attention! Get your thoughts out of the gutter. I have been getting a bit of a wiggle from my back end (okay just stop). When I did the inner primary bearing I had a quick check of the swing arm and noticed that the isolator rubbers were looking a bit knackered, for some reason Harley decided that the swing arm pivot shaft should go through the back of the transmission and double up as the rear engine mount. To this end the outer ends of the shaft are mounted in some rubber isolators for vibration damping but to also allow the rear of the motor to move a little in the frame. It is such a brilliant design that they did it differently from the model year after mine. The isolators wear and odd handling occurs, usually a wobble in long curves. With mine I am getting what feels like some rear wheel steer intermittently. Rather than just replacing the isolators, I have decided to fit a different pivot shaft with after market isolators. I have this sat on my dining table at the moment, while I am on I am going to renew the radial swing arm bearings and bushes. So that’s something for you all to look forward to, you lucky people. First job on the new lift? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted June 2 Author Share Posted June 2 6 hours ago, Catteeclan said: First job on the new lift? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted Friday at 17:58 Author Share Posted Friday at 17:58 Got the new swingarm bearings today, also got a full compliment of SKF wheel bearings for the new wheels, I have to say they seem better quality than the KOYO. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted Saturday at 10:38 Author Share Posted Saturday at 10:38 I just realised they sent five wheel bearings instead of four. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catteeclan Posted Saturday at 10:56 Share Posted Saturday at 10:56 15 minutes ago, Buckster said: I just realised they sent five wheel bearings instead of four. Bonus, spare for next time. SKF have always had a good name but Koyo have always been good bearings too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted Saturday at 11:17 Author Share Posted Saturday at 11:17 19 minutes ago, Catteeclan said: Bonus, spare for next time. SKF have always had a good name but Koyo have always been good bearings too. The quality on KOYO seems to be slipping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted Saturday at 14:51 Author Share Posted Saturday at 14:51 3 hours ago, Catteeclan said: Bonus, spare for next time. I emailed them and offered to send it back if they send me a post paid label. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted Saturday at 20:40 Author Share Posted Saturday at 20:40 I now have everything I need to do the swing arm, I am going to have a ring round on Monday and see how quickly I can get it turned around if I want it powder coated. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted Tuesday at 13:48 Author Share Posted Tuesday at 13:48 Spoke to the powder coaters expecting a turn around time in weeks and they have a two day turn around time. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted Tuesday at 20:57 Author Share Posted Tuesday at 20:57 On 07/06/2025 at 15:51, Buckster said: I emailed them and offered to send it back if they send me a post paid label. They said I can keep it, they seemed to struggle with the concept that I told them about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YamaHead Posted Tuesday at 23:19 Share Posted Tuesday at 23:19 2 hours ago, Buckster said: They said I can keep it, they seemed to struggle with the concept that I told them about it. Definitely sounds like an Amazon tactic....where they do so much bizness that their volume makes up for the lack of returns... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted yesterday at 06:00 Author Share Posted yesterday at 06:00 6 hours ago, YamaHead said: Definitely sounds like an Amazon tactic....where they do so much bizness that their volume makes up for the lack of returns... To be fair the return postage would have been pretty close the their buying in cost for the bearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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