While waiting to receive a new pair of shocks to replace the blown Boges, I noticed a bit of side to side play in the swing arm at the pivot bolt. During the original rebuild I replaced the pivot bearings with genuine Suzuki parts. The chain buffer is new as well.
Since the OE bearings apparently didn't fix the issue (there was no play when I torqued the bolt on the original build), I searched and found a pair of bronze bushings with the correct ID for the spacers although the OD was slightly larger. Turns out the bore for the bearings is a bit worn and I was able to get the bushings to fit with just a little persuasion. The bushings are 2mm longer than the OE bearings. I pressed the bushings in and allowed a slight bit of space from the end of the bore (bushing pressed in to about 1mm from the end of the bore), the bushings do not protrude from the bore.
So I get everything lined up, torque the nut to 45ftpds as per the Clymer manual (37-50) and the swing arm is very difficult to move through its travel, no shocks attached. I removed and went through the installation process two more times taking care to make sure everything was seated as it should be and still as the torque value goes up the force required to move the arm goes way up.
Currently I have the nut set at about 40lbs and there is some resistance, that is just inside the recommended torque value but I am concerned with the resistance in movement.
What do you fellers think?