so i've read a lot of threads and so far have been able to extract the hollow spindle on my 61 super rocket with the help of a long threaded rod and some pipe to pull it out - it came free with medium force. a drift alone would not move it. but 2 things -
1. on mine there were some large fibre washers on each side of the swing arm - ie between the silent bloc outsides and the frame plates that the spindle goes through... a bodge perhaps?
2. I can't actually remove the swing arm from the frame. it wriggles around between the frame plates (now those washers are out) but I can't get it past the tubular sections of the frame which, being tubular, are wider than the frame plates leaving a narrower space to remove the swing arm. No one appears to mention this as a problem so what may I be doing wrong?
various forum threads mention a threaded rod through the holes above the swingarm spindle holes to force the frame apart a little. but I thought this was to create space to remove the expanding silent blocs - a problem which I don't appear to have.
Engine and gearbox are in frame. rear wheel, shocks, chain-guard etc removed.
Any suggestions?
thanks
Mike