I'm having an extremely hard time removing the bolt from a 98 Banshee. Any ideas/comments/advise would be greatly appreciated!

 

Do you mean the nut won't come off of the bolt or that can get the nut off but you can't get the long bolt out of the swingarm?

 

To remove the bolt you need to take the chain loose and take all the weight off both the frame and the swing arm. Once you have all the weight off you can rock the swing arm back and forth slightly and use a big pair of vice grips to pull on the bolt. It will also help if you spray it down with some oil like WD40

 

Get a punch or phillips screwdriver and a hammer.
Then get all of the weight off of the swingarm and gently tap the end of the bolt. After that, simply grab it with the vice gripps and TUG! Good Luck

RoostKing...

 

Thanks, But I've tried all of your suggestions! I'm putting a new arm/axle on. Damn thing won't budge. I cannot believe Yamaha did not put a zerk on that fitting. My new arm has one.

 

Well, I recently through the swingarm bolt removal process and it was very easy.... Once I jacked up the quad under the engine. When you jack it up there is a point, with everything (shock & linkage) still connected, where there will be no pressure on that bolt. I used a long bolt a little smaller than the swingarm bolt and tapped it through. When you do get it off, lube it up well so you don't have this problem next time you have to remove the swingarm... I'm sure that a little water would rust that solid pretty quick.