Dear god - what a pain! I ordered the tyres for the beast and they're sat in the shop waiting for me and the wheels to turn up. Front wheel is off - the previous owner must be allergic to grease by the amount of effort it took to remove it.
The rear wheel is still on....after 2 hours. The torque arm and caliper bolts were well on the way to being a fine aluminium/iron alloy - again no grease of any kind. I couldn't get to the lock nut so tried to remove the exhaust. I loosened one exhaust clamp but had to grind the other smaller clamp off. I had imagined that with them off and the two hanger bolts off then the exhaust silencer would pull free. NOPE - nothing ...nada.
What am I missing? I thought the swingarm would have dropped a couple of inches and give me some access to the locking bolt but that hasn't happened. I wonder if the swingarm needs greasing too? Any ideas? I have to get these bloody wheels to the shop this weekend.
:'(John