How to lubricate swingarm via grease nipple

Laverda SF said:
I got a grease nipple in the center of the sing arm of my SF - It's simpler just to pull the shaft,clean and grease it about ever 5 or 10 years.
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Exactly my point.  With an average of 10000km/year, the bushings will be nice and dry by then, needle bearings rusted and knackered.  Not so dramatic on a hardly-used garage queen though... :D  The early rubber bushes used in the 750s were totally maintenace-free.

Fresh grease not only lubes the bearings, it also prevents water ingress.

piet
 
I usually regrease them about every 1000-1500km, and before I start off to any longer journeys. In case of consecutive days of rain on travels, I usually look out for truck workshops or if all fails, the odd farmer, to ask for a regrease/borrow a grease gun.
I just do not want to learn what actual kind of shit job it is to replace those bronze bushings. :LOL:
 
hi ,its always pays to slacken the swinging arm pivet before pumping your grease in, then torque up to FT
safe riding andy
 
Gravelroad said:
I usually regrease them about every 1000-1500km, and before I start off to any longer journeys. In case of consecutive days of rain on travels, I usually look out for truck workshops or if all fails, the odd farmer, to ask for a regrease/borrow a grease gun.
I just do not want to learn what actual kind of shit job it is to replace those bronze bushings. :LOL:
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Bronze bushings are a lot harder wearing and longer lasting than the needle rollers.

Paul
 
These are handy if you have compressed air .....

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F**ck me - what is THAT for, please?? :o

When I was young, I worked in a trucking company, servicing their trucks (simple things like oil-exchange, adjusting brakes, greasing all the joints etc., later also repairs like changing the brake-shoes, damaged air bellows or other minor parts).

On the grease-nipples, we only used the standard grease guns. The hussle of pushing such a big grease gun/press around or a long enough tube to reach to all grease-nipples a truck has would be way bigger than just filling up the grease-gun every 2nd or 3rd truck...
 
My tip - pump quickly and generate pressure, otherwise the grease just streams out of the path of least rsistance and wont get 'around' the bearing area.
 
steppenwolf said:
any recommendation for the grease to use? when i start pumping it squirts pretty badly where the swingarm meets the frame. thanks
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I use ordinary auto grease. It should come out from the end of the swingarm when it's full. Are you certain that the swingarm is properly mounted with the big end washers?

Paul
 
steppenwolf said:
Paul, haven't serviced it myself so don't know: how those big end washers looks like?
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Thick washers, maybe 2mm, the diameter of the swingarm. If you have needle bearings, otherwise, if you have bronze bushes, the end of the bush is wider and serves the purpose.

Paul
 
Might help to loosen the swingarm shaft a bit to allow the old contaminated grease to escape, keep pumping until the new grease appears then set the spindle to the correct torque.
Best done with the rear wheel removed.
 
Legs said:
Might help to loosen the swingarm shaft a bit to allow the old contaminated grease to escape, keep pumping until the new grease appears then set the spindle to the correct torque.
Best done with the rear wheel removed.
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I think the initial posting concerns grease coming out from the end of the swingarm.

Paul
 
Paul Marx said:
Thick washers, maybe 2mm, the diameter of the swingarm. If you have needle bearings, otherwise, if you have bronze bushes, the end of the bush is wider and serves the purpose.

Paul
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i have bronze bushes Paul, so wondering how much grease getting out is to much? or how to minimize this flow? The reason i am looking at this is i noticed play at the swingarm (maybe +-1.5 mm at its end) and i pumped grease to reduce it and that worked well. Problem is after maybe 200km i have again the same amount of play and a lot of grease all around. Any suggestion?
 
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