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White lithium in my opinion is not a good choice for packing the bearings. My preferred grease is Lucas Red N Tacky. It is rated NLGI GC-LB which is an excellent classification for this application.
It is easier with the CARC off the swing arm. Then you can maneuver it by hand. Since you don't have the swing arm on yet why not just change the grease now and you won't have to touch it next year.having trouble aligning pin to reattach swingarm. i have a jack in the back on the swingarm but i can’t seem to get the aligned to allow pin to screw in. what am i missing?
Once removed and serviced the paint marks will never line up again. I think the paint marks are like a quality check at the factory that the items were torqued. As I stated earlier, any wear on the bearings will change the positions also every time the "pin" is torqued it will stretch a certain amount. As far as I'm concerned paint marks are useless. Perhaps on a new bike a visual check that something has come loose, but that is about all they are good for.Scott and John, my castle nut has been torqued to spec. now my paint marks are off. did they not torque it properly at factory? or did my sleeve rotate a bit. remember my castle nut/sleeve was hand tight.
100% correct. I can personally attest to this as I witnessed it at the factory.I think the paint marks are like a quality check at the factory that the items were torqued.
metal stretches, and it's a good thing it does, otherwise nothing with threads would ever stay tightScott and John, my castle nut has been torqued to spec. now my paint marks are off. did they not torque it properly at factory? or did my sleeve rotate a bit. remember my castle nut/sleeve was hand tight.
Ditto.100% correct. I can personally attest to this as I witnessed it at the factory.