Triumphrat

JSimpson · 05-30-2006

I need to replace the very worn chain slider on my 95 Daytona (now that I have managed to get the countershaft nut loose). It looks like I need to remove the rear shock and spring in order to allow the swingarm to drop low enough to get at the bolt on the side of the swingarm. The shop manual says nothing about replacing the chain slider so it's no help. I tried lifting the bike to completely unweight the back end but the swing arm does not drop low enough to access the bolt. However, the description for removing the rear shock/spring unit indicates that once the mounting bolts are removed th eswing arm is lowered to make room for the removal of the shock/spring. I was hoping somebody here has experience with this just to confirm before I spend a couple of hours on the project. Thanks.

JSimpson · 06-02-2006

Well, it turns out that the swingarm has to be removed to replace this stupid piece of plastic. Took about 2.5 hours to do that job last night. Pretty disspointing to have to do so much work to replace what is essentially a sacraficial peice. Especially when there is no reason the plastic part and the attachment method could not have been engineered differently to allow easier replacement. I guess it's good $$ for the shops. I'm just glad it's done. I'll put the rest of the bike back together tonight and maybe I can even ride it this weekend.

And just an FYI in case anybody else needs to do this. The tricky part was figuring a method to lift the bike to allow removal of the swingarm. (The paddock stand uses the swingarm to hold the bike up so that's no good for this job.) Lifting the bike with tackel from the rafters was not stable enough to allow work. The solution was a 6ft length of 3/4" pipe and a couple of saw horses (make sure the saw horses are about an inch higher that the height as the bike rests on the swingarm/paddock stand). Place one saw horse next to the bike and the other one on the other side but just out of the way. Place the pipe uder the subframe that holds up the seat and tail section of the bike (I wrapped the pipe with rags to pad it). Run the pipe under the subframe and on top of the saw horse and lift the bike (it was not that hard). While holding the bike up slide the other saw horse into position and rest the pipe on it. Now you can work on the bike. This process turned out to be pretty easy and very stable.