250-500cc How to remove swing arm?

that was the thought, but often theory is better than practice.

Ok....so after long thought....and after fixing my stuck chain adjuster bolts, I have decided to leave the swing arm axle in for now. I ended up soaking the inside of the swing arm with PB Blaster for a week. I used a grab it socket by Irwin and an impact air driver and got the right hand side bolt out. The left bolt didn't have enough thread for the grab it socket to bite, so I ended up drilling out the bolt and using a 8mm tap to resurface the threads on the aluminum swing arm. I just wanna ride the bike for now....maybe someday I'll try and tackle the stuck swing arm axle, but for now everything works ok.

no detectable play at the rear end???
all good, enjoy buddy

kroil it. once or twice a week. ride for spell.

then, loosen nut, turn back in til it hits, then a half turn out, drift with a dowel so you dont kill the pivot bolt and nut, did it budge so the nut hits the frame lug now? if yes yer on yer way. work it back n forth, side to side to bust the mung ring offa it blasting it with kroil and air and paint thinner. beating it in one only direction just wedges it in there tighter in some cases.

didnt go? sooner or later it'll work loose with kroil seeping in. baby steps.

seen one guy loosen the nut some and ride. it came loose half way through a trail ride...luckily someone came by in a jeep with a socket set. so dont do that! lol.

Some play in the linkage ....but it feels more like its coming from the other linkage parts...not the swing arm axle/bushings

if you move the arm up and down there will be slop on almost all link type suspensions. lightly "pinch" the top and bottom shock pivots overlapping your fingers tips on a non-moving part and have a helper if need be slowly move the arm up to isolate the sources. if its substantial look to the shock clevis and eye pivots those go first. rarely do the links go bad if lubed and have good quality hardness bolts. you'll replace the spherical rod end type bearings 10-1 over the links with the needles in them.

Play is minimal, I'd say a mm or 2....

@ the end of the arm? good to go...