I got my frame and swing arm back from the powder coating shop and all the bushing and bearing replacement for the suspension linkage and yesterday I spent the evening trying to put everything back together.

 

When I slid the swing arm into the frame I get a gap on each side of the swing arm

 

 

 

It is more pronounced on the drive side.

 

In the Gas Gas frame design the swing arm axle determines the frame width, and everything is fine with the axle (bushing is in on the drive side, axle is tight against the bushing and on the clutch side the axle goes all the way and makes contact with the frame).

 

So... is this normal?  Or am I missing some "spacers" that go between the frame and the swing arm? (I didn't take photos before disassembly but I don't have any spare spacers in my pile of parts to reassemble either...).

 

Thanks.

 

DC

 

 

There's recently been a topic on this. It's normal

There's recently been a topic on this. It's normal

 

Great!  Thanks! I can keep going with the rest of the rebuilt (on to the front end now!)

I had thought the same when rebuilding , but is just normal.

Normal. It's one of those things no one ever looks at until they're putting the swingarm back on... I thought the same the first time. But the swingarm only sits flush with the motor, the gap to the frame is normal.