Canondale SuperV400 rear swingarm bearing

[mikee]

yup what ^ says
that should just unscrew from the bit at the other side

its an SVA btw

 

[HughF]

I haven't tried holding the other end, no... I will do so.

I got half a turn on it then it went tight again. Got the TX bit set in the car so if the hex gets mullered then I can beat a Spline of TX bit in there That'll sort the bugger out.

I'm sure we'll have it apart today.

 

[HughF]

So... closer inspection has revealed the swingarm bearings to be in fine shape, the play is the the shock end bushings.

A little bit of lathe work will see that restored to good as new.

Thanks for your help guys. No need to take it apart further.

 

[HughF]

So, further inspection revealed that we did have to take this assembly apart.

New 6903RS bearings are on order from our bearing supplier, but we need a new pivot.

Does the black 2 part pivot as shown on dr-cannondale.de fit and replace the 3 part pivot that we have? Can anyone confirm this?

Our 3 part pivot consists of two identical aluminium shoulder sleeves, tapped 1/2UNC with a short (50mm) length of threaded rod holding them together.