arcticflipper Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 How often do you guys change the needle bearings on the swingarm? 02 XX with 86 000km on. It feels like the swingarm is moving. Flexing under high speed sweeps. Could there be anything else to check? or just the swingarm bearings. What is the correct torque settings for the swingarm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVLXX Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 I've always wanted to post this.......... YOUR TIRES ARE CUPPED ! but I was only going to post it... if it was true. There's alot to guess about your problem... not knowing all the variables... but the 2 biggest contributers of such a thing are usually tires or suspension. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcticflipper Posted September 14, 2006 Author Share Posted September 14, 2006 Thanks at least you made me smile!!! I've now moved over to the following: Replace front and rear wheel bearings. Check front and rear axle check front and rear rim replace all bearings in and around swingarm. Next step will be to get hold of another XX shock and test that.... Anyone have a OEM shock they want to sell????? Please?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVLXX Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 It feels like the swingarm is moving. Flexing under high speed sweeps. Back to this........ What speeds are you talking about here ? All speeds ? All corners ? And what did you torque your Rear Axle bolt to ? Swingarm flex is speed and load realated.... whereas bearing slop is not. If you have bad bearings... the bike will feel jerky as you enter and exit the corner... not in mid corner. Flex or shifting in mid corner would be a load torqueing event and would be felt mid-corner, and could be axle shift, tire alignment, tire wear, etc. Give me more info before you continue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcticflipper Posted September 15, 2006 Author Share Posted September 15, 2006 It's definitely mid corner as soon as you get on the throttle. Speed is anything above 200kph (124 mph). I did also notice that I can somewhat reduce this by pulling the handle bars slightly back whilst in the corner. This seems to stop the shake a bit. Pulled all teh bearings, stearing, wheels, swing arm etc. and checked , cleaned and repacked them all. Bad news is nothing needed replacement or showed any damage. So now I'm even more lost.... besides for the fact that I live in africa.... lol Talk to me about the under-load effects? I've had the chain and sprockets replaced about 80miles or so ago, so they still fairly new. Could it perhaps be a snatch effect from the chain when I roll on the power? Could this have anything to do with the front sprocket drive shaft or bearings that might move when under load, or would it rather be towards the rear axle that might move or pull under load? Could it perhaps be the swing arm that passes 0 degrees whilst in the turn, which then causes the chain to pull the wheel towards the one side, which could then cause the shake? Perhaps this would then be one reason for me to seriously reconsider the 6mm spacer on the rear shock, to provide more of an angle between the swingarm and 0 degrees? I know for a fact that I've not exceeded the handeling of the XX, had some comments like that. I'm just simply not a good enough rider for that. I'd like to get some more info on the mid corner ideas you have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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