Triumphrat

wolfd123

Despite diligently looking through the shop manual as well as related posts here I have yet to determine why the swing arm will not come off. I have removed everything per the manual up to and including the swing arm spindle, however the swing arm will not pull off as it should.

Any Ideas?

Wombat

Try using the search function.

I did and found this from a week ago:

http://www.triumphrat.net/hinckley-c...m-removal.html

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wolfd123

Ya, I saw that one before but it didnt really give me the info that I wanted, which was permission to start wrenching the swing arm away from the bike. After messing around for about a hour or so I got tired of poking at it and used a small pry bar pull it off. Worked great after I gathered the courage to start.
Once again the manual was right on the money, I just had to follow the instructions...
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Wolf

gregp

On most of the bikes that I have had to remove the swing arm on, I have found it very useful to loosen any motor mounts, fender mounts, or other points of mounting, that might be "pinching" the frame together. Swingarms usually fit very tightly between the items that they are intended to contact. Also, the bearing sleeves, or seal caps can work a small recession into their neighboring steel counter parts, either in just the paint, or into the actual steel itself, making removal seem impossible. If you are absolutely positive that you have released all parts/pieces necessary, start applying force, in small quantities at first, ramping it up until the arm breaks free.