VFR750F-T swing arm bearing removal - easy?

I need to replace the swing arm bearing(s) on my VFR750F-T, according
to Haynes it sounds quite simple. Now I know Haynes can be misleading
(it insisted that the centre stand had to come off to replace the
exhaust, quite untrue) so I thought I'd ask here if anyone has done
it.

According to Haynes you basically get the bike on stands such that the
rear wheel is just resting on the ground and then you can remove the
bearings. I've had the bike suspended like this before, it's quite
simple to set up a couple of axle stands under the rear pegs, so
that's not a problem. Haynes doesn't mention any special tools or
anything like that needed.

I have a well equipped garage and can press new bearings in etc., no
problems there. I'm just a little concerned that Haynes makes it
sound so easy.

 

I've just looked a bit harder at Haynes, I think I was reading about
the other bearings in the suspension, even so getting the swing arm
out doesn't appear to be rocket science.

Can anyone tell me what bits I should get? I.e. are the bearings both
the bearings and the races or do I need to replace anything else as
well as the bearings? My list at present would appear to be:-

Pair of swing arm bearings
Pair of oil seals.

Is it worth replacing what Haynes call the 'suspension linkage'
bearings at the same time? If so, what do I need there?

 

For all questions VFR, you should ask here : WWW.bikersoracle.com/vfr/forum

It's the Honda vfr Club boards..

 

I loathe web based message boards, I have yet to find a single one
that works as well as Usenet. All the ones I have joined I have
quickly left again as both the content and the ease of access leave
much to be desired.

Are there no newsgroups or mailing lists dedicated to the VFR?
(Mailing lists are second best but, with a decent mail program, still
much more usable than web forums)

Just to show I will try things out I just went to look at
WWW.bikersoracle.com/vfr/forum, have you tried to search for anything
there? A search for "swing arm" produces zillions of irrelevant hits,
presumably because it searches for anything with either 'swing' or
'arm' in it, not a lot of use.

 

Have you actually tried looking for one?

Here, let me help:

1. Open your preferred web browser;
2. Go to http://www.google.com/ ;
3. Type in "vfr mailing list";
4. Press 'Search';
5. Et... le voila!

http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~john/vfr-list/

HTH, HAND, FOAD, etc., etc.

 

AOL. I haven't found a good one since chat.westhamunited.co.uk back
in 1996.