Yamaha swing arm removal tool?

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Anyone own one or make one? I'm headed to Lowe's to buy a piece of steel to make one.

The R6 is apart and the swingarm doesn't just drop out. There is a bushing, tension thing that holds it in. I need a 1 inch screwdriver. Ugh... Yamaha makes a special tool but I bet it is expensive and take a week to get.

If anyone has made one please let me know.

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Okay here's the deal. Back in the day all you needed to do to remove a swingarm was remove the axle. Well these days you need to back off a tension bushing. Basically you need a .90 inch screwdriver that is about .18 inches thick.

Off to Lowe's I went. They were out of cold rolled steel, so I bought hot rolled steel, not a stiff, but worth a try. I ground it down on the bench grinder to get the width to .90 from 1.00 inches. This took a couple of tries to get it correct. Then I used a Cresent wrench as to turn the "screwdriver." I backed it out about 1/8 of a turn and the swingarm dropped.

I'll order the proper Yamaha tool this week.

Before unscrewing shim:

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After 1/8 turn, notice that the swingarm has dropped:

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Hot steel bent, I suspect cold steel would not have:

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Bushing from inside of the frame:

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