Squeakie
 

Hi all
Not been on the Tener Lady for a while ( renovating our house) thing is i moved her today and there's one HELL of a SQUEAK coming from around the back shock or swing arm pin!!!

I've read plenty of how crap the shock is and will be changing in good time, so if it's that now worries.

If it's the swing arm pin is the a easy way to do the job ? i've looked and can't see a nipple so looks like a pull apart job !!! if this is the case i'll fit a nipple , can't hurt !!

Suppose i'd best grease the head bearing while i'm at it.

Phil

Squeakie
 

Are you sure it's not the top shock mount because that is a notorious squeaky point. Also I've found that the centre stand pivots get squeaky too - they pivot with the suspension, as does the rubber pad resting on the swing arm - another source of squeaks!

yeah mine squeaks sometimes too...couldnt quite locate the squeak though. i know for a fact my swing arm & shock linkages are nicely greased up.

and no...there is no grease nipple. :sneeze:

WD40 all the way

"WD40 all the way "

First thing id did !!! but as Pleiades says i'll give the top mount a spraying, it's difficult to say where exactly the noise is coming from, but bloody anoying

Phil

You can grease up the rear linkages and swing arm pivot by removing one at a time so it's really easy. I suggest you do this sooner rather than later as my bike with only 5k on the clock (3yrs old) was just about bone dry - especially the swing arm pivot.

You need a centre stand though to take the weight off everything.

Head bearings were also dry.

You'll feel happier once it's all done.

Cheers enduro374
Got do it soon , it's doing my head in, probably will fit a nipple at the same time though , can't see why there isn't one as standard on all these type of bikes !!
My 23 year old DR250 has one , and they say we've moved forward !!!!

Cheers Phil

My XT600E (1994) has two. It baffles me why manufacturers have stopped fitting simple things like this, especially for bikes designed to be used in tough conditions.

Absoluely agree. Im just in the process of greasing up linkages now. Not so bad for the swingarm bolt but the one where the dog bones attach to the swingarm were getting stiff with virtually nil grease.
On re assembly of swingarm mind there is a spacer on a thread on right hand side of the inner part of the frame. I couldnt get swing arm on so I wound it in towards frame now I cant seem to get to it to tighten it back out to flush with swing arm. Not seen one of these before, so I must be doing something wrong, or doesnt it make much difference

bloomin annoying that is. you have to wind it out like you said, put the swing arm in then wind it in to take the slack. You do this from the out side of the frame by using an allen key...a weird sized allen key that no one has! :086:

i find the Ten is easy to work on....BUT, highly annoying!