I bought a 1980 SWM TL320 last year that was in need of a lot of work. I'm fixing it up to compete in vintage trials. I'm replacing the swingarm bushings and have had a heck of a time just removing one bushing. 

 Anyone have a better way to remove and replace these bushings? I have a few different ideas but thought I would ask here for some advice. Thanks 

With a decent press, no problem at all removing and replacing. No press, lots of pickin and fussin about !

Drill the rubber out and cut rhrough the rest with a fine hacksaw to be able to remove the inner bush. Or use heat to burn the rubber away.

Then cut through the length of the outer bush a couple of times carefully avoiding cutting into the swing arm.

Once the outer bush has been carefully chiselled out, use a large vice to press the new ones in making sure that you have the innerside of the bush flush with the face of the swingarm (where the engine casing sits)

Pop down your local garage (car or bike) and they can press them out and new ones in.  They may charge 15 mins but saves so much time.

 

Edited July 8, 20179 yr by gasserguy

 Someone suggested a ball joint press. I barrowed one but still didn't have any luck pressing the old one out. 

I  I'm going to try using my 12 ton press next, I think I came up with a way to press out through the other side. Otherwise I'll cut it out like the first one. I think I can use the ball joint press to press the new ones in. The new bushings are in the freezer and I will heat the swingarm before I start pressing the new ones in.

  I had a few minutes today and got the other bushing out. I found a piece of round stock and used my press and some heat, it came right out!

 Sorry no pictures. I didn't get a lot of time to work on it, but I finally finished it. The bushings took some work to press in, but I made the ball joint press work. I think next time I'll just take it to a shop.