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XS650 Guru
Just replaced the swingarm bushings with the bronze ones. No problem there. Somebody please explain to me (refer to pic below) why the outer shaft (#2) should rotate on the bushings and not on the pivot shaft (#6)? The outer shaft is not "captured", that is it's not stationary, it's not pinched by the frame or anything else so I would think it's tendency would be to rotate with the swingarm as much as inside it. The Pivot shaft IS captured in the frame. So I would think the outer shaft would have a tendency to rotate on the pivot shaft making the bushings at least in the wrong place. Am I missing something? I know the damn thing works, I just would like to know how?