Rear swingarm assembly corrosion
Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2023 9:15 am
Hello all, So ive just put some new drumpads in my bike after struggling for over a hour to get the swingarm assembly out!
It seems steel and aluminium do not make great friends! The garage i used to use never put any copper grease or anti seize of any kind on any of the bolts! So the exhaust bolts were seized up like hell!
As a result of that the treads in my swingarm assy are near enough ruined.
Ive looked up the parts on the honda OEM site, but that over £250 which is not something i can afford! Especially after i just dished out nearly £200 on tools to get the bleeding thing off to begin with as a breakerbar would have simply snapped the lot in half!
So my question is as followed:
Are there any reliable aftermarket swingarms assemblies out there?
Also, are there compounds that i can apply to the bolts to create a "barrier" between the steel and aluminium to stop it from corroding even more?
It seems steel and aluminium do not make great friends! The garage i used to use never put any copper grease or anti seize of any kind on any of the bolts! So the exhaust bolts were seized up like hell!
As a result of that the treads in my swingarm assy are near enough ruined.
Ive looked up the parts on the honda OEM site, but that over £250 which is not something i can afford! Especially after i just dished out nearly £200 on tools to get the bleeding thing off to begin with as a breakerbar would have simply snapped the lot in half!
So my question is as followed:
Are there any reliable aftermarket swingarms assemblies out there?
Also, are there compounds that i can apply to the bolts to create a "barrier" between the steel and aluminium to stop it from corroding even more?