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Offline carvedtangent3

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CB550 swingarm rebuild
« on: August 10, 2017, 01:09:33 PM »
i am doing a complete rebuild on a 74 cb550 swingarm and i am a little confused on which parts i need to buy. i bought bronze bushings to install, do i also need a swingarm bearing kit? if not what other parts do i need? thank you
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Re: CB550 swingarm rebuild
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2017, 03:14:04 PM »
All you need are the bronze bushings with shoulders on them. There are no bearings in a 500 swingarm.

The stock setup is a bushing with a steel washer and (I believe) a felt washer. When you use the bronze with the shoulder no additional washers are required.
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Re: CB550 swingarm rebuild
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2017, 06:48:54 PM »
Will i also need the shaft that came in it stock?
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Re: CB550 swingarm rebuild
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2017, 06:54:33 PM »
Yes. That attaches it to the frame and is what the arm actually pivots on inside the bushings.
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Re: CB550 swingarm rebuild
« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2017, 07:00:01 PM »
Quote from: carvedtangent3 on August 10, 2017, 01:09:33 PM
i am doing a complete rebuild on a 74 cb550 swingarm and i am a little confused on which parts i need to buy. i bought bronze bushings to install, do i also need a swingarm bearing kit? if not what other parts do i need? thank you

Jump over here and grab a copy of the shop manual and the parts list.
http://www.honda4fun.com/materiale-documentazione-tecnica/shop-manual
http://www.honda4fun.com/materiale-documentazione-tecnica/parts-list/parts-list-cb550
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