Commando swinging arm bush

They should just come out by using a drift and hammer from the other side, they are sintered bronze so the drift needs to be nylon, wood or similar if you plan to reuse them, harder drifts will bruise them as they as soft.

My commando swinging arm spindle refused to budge andI ended up taking it to Norman White's. It took his engineers two days to get the spindle out and cost me £60 for this alone. I then had new bushes, a cotter pin conversion, Vernier Isolastic kit plus a paint job added to the final £270 + VAT bill.

As long as the spindle is out the bushes should come out as well, which from Stephens description is where he is.

any idears on simple removal of the swing arm pivot bushes before I use blunt trauma!

Previously john_holmes wrote:

As long as the spindle is out the bushes should come out as well, which from Stephens description is where he is.

any idears on simple removal of the swing arm pivot bushes before I use blunt trauma!

I always find extracting the spindle is the hard bit, If its siezed in then brutality is often the only way. I have an old front engine mounting bolt which screws into the swinging arm spindle thread. You can then wallop the hell out of it with something like acopper mallet. I have had to use this method a number of times.A much more technical method is to remove the gearbox cradle complete with swingarm out of the bike and take it to somewhere with a hydraulic press. Most engineering works / garages will have something for pressing bearings / shafts etc in and out. and will be able to help for not a lot of money.

Once the spindle is out I find I can usually press out the bushes using a 6 or 7 inch bench vice and some suitable sized sockets. I also use this method in reverse to press the new bushes back in. Dont use grease to press them back in, as any spare grease will find its way into the porous holes in the phospher bronze bushes and stop the lubrication of the shaft with the ep140 grade oil which should be used . Cheers and good luck.

Alan Clarke Shenstone Branch secretary

Previously stephen_froggatt wrote:

Just removed the bushes, they came out easily and look undamaged so will change o rings and reuse them,again thanks forfor all your advice

SteveI just used a 30tonne press to push my SA spindel out and now I am having problems with the bushes,, but it needs to be done prior to powder coating...

It all semed so much eaiser when I was younger!

I think that it would be more prudent to replace both the spindle and the bushes, as then then you are running matched new kit, I think that a mixture of old and new would be a mistake.

Regards Alan