Can anyone tell me how to remove the rubber damper bushes from the rear wheel, they seem to be in blind holes.

Edited August 5, 200818 yr by garyrepsol

i did a tl125 years ago they put up a good fight.i burnt out rubber with blow lamp then collasped the outer bush with a centre punch.

i have several bike with these bushes and this is how i do it.

use a holesaw almost the same diameter as the rubber and drill out as much rubber as you can, then using a dremmel or simmilar grind away at the outer sleve untill it is almost through, then collapse it with a small punch or screwdriver.

i also turned down some steeel to use as a driver to get the new ones in, but dont push them in too far as you will want a good tight fit on the sprocket.

note: some after market sprockets are a bit thinner than the original ones and unless you use some wahsers will move about quite a bit.

i hope that helps.

There are a few tools for just this job on ebay