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KX 250 Swingarm Problem Please help!!
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[QUOTE="jeredh, post: 1272344, member: 64361"] i got new rubber mounted on the kx250 tonight, and was about to tighten the chain, and BOTH bolts that thread into the swingarm (to tighten chain) were essentially seized in the swingarm. each bolt took about 30 minutes to extract, using a socket. kawasaki never ceases to amaze me. the bike is 3 years old, and the bolts seized to the swingarm from the *inside*. the bolts looked like they oxidized or something on the inside, and backing them out took a lot of muscle b/c the threads were "melted" together on the inside. the swingarm had muddy water in it, which likely caused the bolts to get funked up. WTF? we heavily coated the inside of swingarm with WD-40, swished it around and drained the swingarm. Then i put another heavy coating of WD, and got an air compressor and shot the sludge out/around the swingarm and forced it out of the bolt hole on opposite side of swingarm. single-handedly the biggest pain of the ass "maintenance" i've had to do on this bike. changing the top end was easier than this ****. ok. i had to vent. [/QUOTE]
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