More shit... Today I assembled the rear end into the bike and I'm very happy with the results! The geometry is very close as is the spring rate and the overall setup, in fact, I couldn't be happier!
I greased and installed the swing arm bearings, then installed the seals, chain guide and end caps ready to fit the swing arm.
Next the swing arm was fitted into the frame taking care not to drop/loose any of the seals or end caps. The bolt was greased prior to installation to help prevent corrosion and to make future dis-assembly easier. Once the swing arm was in place and supported on my new spoolsthe pivot bolt was torqued down to spec.
Next, the shock and bell crank assembly lowered through the swing arm and fitted to their appropriate mounts, I fitted the top bolt first to support the shock and allow me to grease the bell crank pivot bearings and install the seals. The bell crank pivot bolt was then greased, installed and the torqued down to spec.
Next the dog bones were fitted, the bearings were all greased and the seals installed. I bolted the top pivots to the swing arm first so as to hold them in place and to allow me to adjust the swing arm height so the bottom pivot lined up. Once the bottom pivot bolt was installed, all the bolts were torqued down to spec.
The rear suspension conversion is now complete, a 2005 GSXR 1000 shock has been grafted into our 1985 ZX600R.
There are some thumbnail attachments below of before and after photos.. Ignore them, they are out of sequence and I don't know how to fix that, so I re-posted them in the next post lol
To be continued...
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Originally Posted by Danhor7
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