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Rear Pivot Shaft Arm Lubrication

Discussion in 'XJ Technical Chat' started by SlightlyOffAxis, May 2, 2010.

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    Any help is welcome. I am trying to lube all the areas that mostly time and miles strip away and have done the wheel and steering bearings but I cannot figure out how to add grease to the rear pivot shaft. The owner’s manual, granted not a great resource, says apply it until it begins to show. It fails to show you were to apply it and were it will show. The last place I have to check is this area and the various rear suspension linkage connections and I am sure they are in need. Any advice is welcome. Thank you in advance.
     
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    I wanted to add one more thing. If you remove the caps one either side of the bike at, what I believe is the swing-arm connection you find a large bolt and a smaller hole. The hole only seems to be 10mm or so deep. Is this a lubrication point? The one side has a hole at the bottom as well and I believe that is just a moisture drain. Thanks
     

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    What would really help here is if you had your bike info in your signature, so we wouldn't have to ask:

    What bike?

    How many miles?

    Major mods? Other stuff we'll always need to know?
     
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    Thats a great idea, I can't believe I did not take notice that everyone else has done that. Sorry for the frustration. It is a 1984 FJ600 with 15k miles. If I set this up right it should now show in my posts, or I'll try again.

    I was just looking at a parts diagram and wondered if I could just removes the bolt and washers, etc and just pack some grease in that way.
     
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