I want to remove my swingarm so I can send it over to Pit Bull and have them weld on spools for my 01 f4i.

I have never attempted this so I wanted some feedback?

Is it difficult? How do I hold my bike up while the swingarm is gone?

Thanks for the help!!

 

Put a jack under the headers. Or, I've heard some racers (TahoeSC?) use the frame sliders and rearsets to rest the bike on while it has no S/A.

 

download a manual (do a search its been posted several times)

its pretty easy but you'll need a funky looking tool to remove the nut, I made one by taking a socket with the right diameter and grinding it so that you leave 4 square prongs

not sure what the best way to hold the bike up would be though
I've got woodcraft rearsets with solid pegs which makes it a lot easier to hold the bike up. of course you can't do that with stock pegs. What I did anyway was buy a swingarm off ebay, had it shipped to pit bull, then swapped them out real quick like once pit bull got done with it. Sold stock one on ebay for same as I paid for the new one. Worked out great just lost a couple $ in shipping

 

Engine hoist to hold the subframe or frame while working would do it.

 

you can hold it by the subframe but I wouldn't want to try that for more than a few hours

 

nope...it was woody who uses the rearsets to hold up the bike...
i use mah wife...i tell her...
"hey womang...can you hold this really fast while i go get something for my car"...
then i go and watch TV until UPS deliver mah part.
of course...i feed her and stuff while she's doing that...she has to keep her energy up so that she doesn't drop my bike and also because she's pregnant.

 

Tahoe, you're one funny ****. I think I may just buy one off of ebay. Here is one that I found:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/HONDA...spagenameZWD1V

I really don't know what these cost...what is everyone's opinion?

 

$35 is a great price! hahahah...i think 100 is good...but if you can get cheape ...yea baby!

 

Why are you guys swapping swingarms? Woody?....and what did PitBull do to the new one, powdercoat?

 

Jaybird, PitBull is welding on spools to the swingarm. If you send them your swingarm they will weald on the spool adaptors for no additional charge. Since it may be a pain to store the bike for a week or so without the swingarm Woody bought a swingarm and had it shipped to PitBull. Once he received the swingarm back he was able to sell the old one on ebay.

This way you don't have to store the bike and waist perfectly good riding days.


Does anyone know of anything to be careful of when purchasing a swingarm and are the 01-05 all compatible?