Taking swing arm off - how to

[grant965]

Hey, need to get at suspension because the bearing (or w/e its called) needs replacing. Thinking I may aswell take most of rear off to clean up and respray but how can I support my bike whilst the rear is off?
thanks
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[daemonoid]

What bike is it? Mostly you can just put an old towel down and rest it upright on that. Maybe also take the front wheel off to counter the lean angle if necessary.
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[daemonoid]

My description was a bit shoddy I added an image (ignore the sub frame and stand). Remove the plastic pointed to by the red arrow. Then there *should* be a flatish bit pointed to by the yellow arrow where you can balance it for a while.

https://www.bikechatforums.com/download.php?id=82057

That's assuming you don't have a centre stand of course:

https://www.rolandbeverley.is-a-geek.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/No_rear_wheel.jpg
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[P.addy]

To remove the one on the GSXR all I did was a few bricks stacked with plank of wood slid under it. Jacked up on the sump iwht a car jack and lowered onto the wood to keep rear off the floor.

Loosen the bolts before raising off the floor

[grant965]

cheers for the replies, its a yammie thundercat so not a light bike due to the thick steel frame
How do i paint the swing arm? Same as fairings, i.e coats of primer (can i use same stuff?) then colour?
thanks
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[grant965]

[chegg]

the factory i used to work for does it they charged me £120 to do the frame and swing arm on my nc30 but that was with god knows how many acid baths and plus i did a bit of stiffening mods on the frame with the tig welder and that was the bill for that aswell as the materials i used where about are you in the uk if your up Cheshire way there are a fair few good reliable powder coaters and spray places ie bentley motors and chk for powder coating or john Wilkinson
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well that fucked it, ive got more power in me left testicle and thats plastic

[Vincent]

you should be able to get the SA powdercoated properly for about £40 - £50 and it's worth every penny. Make sure you use somewhere that do bike parts on a regular basis, not a place that just does iron gates etc.

for eg:-

https://www.triple-s.co.uk/

Expect problems when removing it from the bike and get the big FO hammer out If you have the main stand, you should be OK.
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