250-500cc Linkage Bearings

I just removed the bearings from a TE630 husky, both the swingarm and the linkage bearings. I don't have a press, so most of it was done with the slide hammer. It does work, but you really need to clamp the part you're pulling the bearing from, I ended up using a G clamp to clapm the part to the towbar tongue on the 4x4, and then using the slide hammer to pull the bearings out.

Hi, I noticed your post mentioning that you replaced the bearings in the suspension linkage on the same bike as my son's, ('08 CR 125). It's designed different then my KX450f; does the swing arm have to come off to gain access to the triangular piece? Everything seems so tight that I cannot get a socket on it unless I remove the swingarm, or am I missing something here? Thanks.

I'm trying to remember--I think that once the shock is out, then you can get the access needed to get the rest of the linkage off. Frankly, however, it's just easier to pull the swingarm off. Those bearings need inspecting, and it's super easy once the wheel and shock are off.

the linkage piece comes off without removing the swing arm... Do you own an open end wrench??

The SA does not have any shoulders where the bearing sit inside the SA, meaning the bearings (both of them, at the same time) can be driven out without the need of a special tool ...you can even use slightly longer or shorter bearing lengths there also (at least I do from time to time)

I was gonna go inside that knuckle piece and have someone drill out the shoulders that the bearings fit against so that it would be possible to drive the bearings through and out the other side but I'll make a quick look around and attempt to find that bearing remover tool...

And for whatever reason, that yoke piece that comes from the frame and hooks into the linkage, always has dry bearings on the frame side it seems ... grease inserts are needed all around here ...