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#500945 tykesplace (User) Gold Boarder Posts: 962 Re:Swingarm pivot tube width?? 1 Year ago   Possible. My chrome arm didn't come with end caps. But the shaft insert is definitely too long. It sticks out about 3/8". Maybe different end caps account for that difference and make it fit??? I looked more at the site where that image is hosted and I see the caps are called Thrust Covers, but there's also a shim. Item #5. I don't think mine had a shim, but I'll look again. If the shims gets me the 1/4" I need, and the thrust cover is deep enough to enclose the shim and still seal to the tube, then maybe I'm just missing those two parts. The thrust cover is listed here for XV1600 up to 2003. Maybe I just need to order those parts. USAFRETIRED wrote: For some reason, I am thinking the difference was the end caps. Think I had a newer swingarm and had to use the old end caps. Might be wrong as it has been some time ago.   Logged     Patriot Guard Riders Patriot Guard of Montana   The administrator has disabled public write access. #500963 signal20k9 (User) Chad Gold Boarder Posts: 781 Re:Swingarm pivot tube width?? 1 Year ago   The tube width is 11 3/8in wide. The shaft is 14 1/4in. Hope that helps.   Logged     I can handle going fast. Its the crashing and burning that sucks!   The administrator has disabled public write access. #500965 tykesplace (User) Gold Boarder Posts: 962 Re:Swingarm pivot tube width?? 1 Year ago   Thanks for the measurements. That's the same as mine. I think this chrome arm is from a 1600. Over lunch I called the local Yamaha shop and described it to one of their guys. He says he remembers doing maintenance (bearings) on a R* thinks it did have shims. But he wasn't sure of the year. I went ahead an ordered the thrust covers and shims for $30. It'll take a few days to arrive but I'm out of town most of next week. So we'll see next weekend. Fingers crossed.signal20k9 wrote: The tube width is 11 3/8in wide. The shaft is 14 1/4in. Hope that helps.   Logged     Patriot Guard Riders Patriot Guard of Montana   The administrator has disabled public write access. #500966 signal20k9 (User) Chad Gold Boarder Posts: 781 Re:Swingarm pivot tube width?? 1 Year ago   Sorry part#4 the tube is also 11 3/8in the axle shaft part#7 is what was 14 1/4in   Logged     I can handle going fast. Its the crashing and burning that sucks!   The administrator has disabled public write access. #501038 tykesplace (User) Gold Boarder Posts: 962 Re:Swingarm pivot tube width?? 1 Year ago   Yeah. I figured you were looking at the axle at 14 1/4in. 11 3/8" is the pivot tube.signal20k9 wrote: Sorry part#4 the tube is also 11 3/8in the axle shaft part#7 is what was 14 1/4in   Logged     Patriot Guard Riders Patriot Guard of Montana   The administrator has disabled public write access. #501539 tykesplace (User) Gold Boarder Posts: 962 Re:Swingarm pivot tube width?? 1 Year ago   So I finally found a good site for schematics at Yamaha Sports Plaza. Going through the different years I found out that the Rear Arm Suspension as it's called, had shims inside the thrust covers through 2003. Staring in '04 with the 1700 no more shims. So this chrome arm is for a 1600. I got the part numbers for the shims and thrust covers from that site and ordered them from my local shop. I was reading the article on How to Install Highway Hank swingarm covers and decided to replace the axle adjuster thing, so I also ordered a "puller, chain" so that both will be the "push to the rear" kind. While I'm into all of this I've been lubing everything, and cleaning things that I normally can't get to. I also found out the rear brake pads were almost gone. So I'm replacing those too. Gonna be like a new bike when I'm done.   Logged     Last Edit: 2012/06/09 19:27 By tykesplace.   Patriot Guard Riders Patriot Guard of Montana   The administrator has disabled public write access. #501540 HotRodRStar (User) Midnight Rider Gold Boarder Posts: 668 Re:Swingarm pivot tube width?? 1 Year ago   Well, glad you got it figured out. Nothing like a good deep cleaning now and then   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #501545 tykesplace (User) Gold Boarder Posts: 962 Re:Swingarm pivot tube width?? 1 Year ago   Haha! Maybe I'll do that someday. I'm itching to be riding though. Not sure I could go that long without it.HotRodRStar wrote: Well, glad you got it figured out. Nothing like a good deep cleaning now and then   Logged     Patriot Guard Riders Patriot Guard of Montana   The administrator has disabled public write access. #507444 tykesplace (User) Gold Boarder Posts: 962 Re:Swingarm pivot tube width?? 12 Months ago   So almost two weeks later and no parts from the dealer. Something went wrong with the order. It was placed but they don't know where it went. I've been calling them every day this week. The parts manager is going to get them ordered again today and not charge me for the parts. Frustrating to wait but at least he's making it right.   Logged     Patriot Guard Riders Patriot Guard of Montana   The administrator has disabled public write access. #507453 gfolkert (User) If boards ain't sparkin'; you're just parkin' Platinum Boarder Posts: 1036 Re:Swingarm pivot tube width?? 12 Months ago   tykesplace wrote: Maybe someone already knows this or can take a measurement off their bike for me. I have an '05. Last year I bought a chrome swingarm on eBay. The seller said it was from a 1700, but when I swap it out the pivot shaft insert is too long. Turns out the swingarm's pivot tube is 1/4" narrower than the original. That means it will have 1/4" play in the frame. Not good. Also the end caps won't fit tight since the shaft is too long. I'm wondering if a 1600 swingarm is narrower than the 1700. I might be able to have the shaft insert machined to fit so the end caps fit tight. Then use two 1/8" spacers to center. Everything else measures right. Axle space, belt guard, caliper mounts. Any ideas??? I think my 1600 has to 3mm shim on each side of my tube for, I think, for a thrust washer/surface. I wasn't paying to close... but I can see it when I look really hard. Since the shaft itself it the same length as the '05 one you have... Also, if you look at the '05 parts fiche for the rear arm suspension and '01 parts fiche for the rear arm suspension... you can see it appears they reove the shim style thrust washer and converted to a cap style thrust bearing. I'm thinking the swingarm is from a 1600...   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access.

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