Did you replace the needle bearings in your swing arm? At 17.00 a piece, I was wondering if this is really necissary to do. Is it?

 

Only if they need it. They are easy to inspect. Clean the inner race--Look for ANY imperfections, pits, rust, scaling. If the race surface has anything, other than light scratches, REPLACE IT. I am not sure how your machine is built, some use the pivot bolt as the inner brng. race. Later, Mike(4-MAN-S in that OTHER forum)