:foul: So i blew my linkage bearings at the track actully my lower shok bearing:banghead: broke sometime durring the day i ran aboute 20 laps and get it to the stand and the lower shok bearing exploded and the linkage was all jacked up and warped i got a new one used from ebay abd bought all new bearings linkage swing arm and shock pulled the swing arm and bearings fell all over the place now i cant get the races out:foul::foul::foul: blind bearing puller and a torch didn't work sockets and a vice didn't work i am lost i was suposed to go to the track this weekend and i wanted the 250 to ride but now i got to settle for the rmz450 any ideas how to get the races out they should come out twards the center right its a 97 rm 250 or can i pull them either way???

If memory serves me correctly you have to press them from the inside of the swingarm out. finnicky little buggers too!

Indeed, pressed out from the other side; meaning, the left race gets pressed out from the right side of the link.

small length air saw and cut them out. just did all the bearings on my 125 that way. even if you cut a bit of the aluminum thats ok, it wont effect the new bearings.

Make sure there's not a snap-ring holding the race in place. Some models have them.

Uncle Alpo said:

There was and what a little bugger that thing was to get out i still havn't got the races out but i havn't realy tried the last few days i am gonna take them to our machine shop at work and try to get it done this week i am still waiting on bearings so no rush, I hope to be up and running for eddie ville nov 21-22:ride: wish it was this weekend but it looks doubtful

I did my 98 RMX250 swingarm an linkage brgs the other week, used the 1996-2000 RM250 fiche drawings as mine matched them not the RMX one. The main difference was needle roller bearing thrust washers. http://www.suzukipow...=1996&fveh=2001

The swingarm bearings are pressed out from either side, I used a hydraulic shop press to get them out but pressed the new ones in with a vice and sockets.

The main mistake I made was not spotting that some of the linkage bearings are held in by a circlip/split ring, make sure you clean it up properly so you can identify them before trying to press out, I didnt, I smashed the casting and had to bore it out and fit a sleeve :banghead:
http://www.suzukipow...=1996&fveh=2001

I have pasted all the bearing and seal numbers from my notes below if you need them, purchasing from bearing shop is much cheaper than genuine or allballs. I did have to machine a couple of inner sleeves/bushes as some were excessively worn.

Good luck

SWINGARM SERVICE PARTS

2X BEARING, SWINGARM PIVOT (22X29X30)
4X SEAL, INNER (22X29X4)
2X THRUST BEARING NEEDLE (NTA1423)
4X WASHERS FOR NTA1423 (TRA1423)
2X OIL SEAL 30X37X4 (TC12486)


LINKAGE SERVICE PARTS

1X NEEDLE BEARING 20X26X12 (HK2012)
2X OIL SEAL 20X26X4 (TC12432)
1X NEEDLE BEARING 20X27X25
2X NEEDLE BEARING 21X27X20

Uncle Alpo said:

Wow! That was the first time I ever heard of a c-clip for the swingarm bearings.!
Good call UA.:thumbsup:

My older, more desirable model has them all over the place. I figured it would be easier to understand snap-ring than c-clip. They're easy to get out with a small pick: lift up one end and pull, they pop right out.

thanks guys i got the new bearins ordered up and getting geared up to work on the swing arm issue i will get them out!!! not riding this weekend becouse we are getting like 3 inches of rain in 2 days so i hope for the 21-22 playday at eddie ville. will be a blast, getting the 450 all geared up for it to. but the 250 is my fave so i need it. its so much fun to ride.

hey i know this post is abit late but i just finished doing my swing arm/linkage/lower shock bearings on my 98 rm250 and shit they were such a mission compared to my rm125 and rmx250. the swing arm bolt took me ages to get it to move even a couple of mm so in the end i smashed it with 2 cans of PB and 1 can of WD40 and for every movement one way i hit it back the other way untill it broke free (the swing arm bolt had seized to the steel washers/spacers that are on either side of the gbox where it goes threw though ive heard that its not a good idea to smash the bolt cause it can do damage inside the gbox? feel free to correct me if im wrong) but in the end i mushroomed the thread end so got a new bolt aswell as the 3 bearing kits costing nearly $380 nz dollars all together! the left hand side bearing race was mashed so bad into the alloy i ended up using a flat head screw driver and hammer to pry it out. biggest mish ive come across on my RM so far but shes still a mint bike for her age. i have also changed the front conventional forks to upside down 2001 kx250 forks and she handles waaaay better for my riding style and takes jumps alot more comforable. 2 stroke all day long