Swingarm end cap mod

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Has anyone seen an end cap mod like this? This short pipe appears to have been brazed into the hole.
Swingarm end cap mod


There was a plastic hose attached to this but it was dead-ended with a threaded bolt. The dead-end hose terminated in the area near the top of the oil tank.
 
Haven't seen that before but it appears to be a reservoir to feed the specified heavy oil that lubes the swing arm bushings.
 
Usually you see a mod where the center retaining bolt has been changed to allow a hose to attach. This seems to mostly oil the frame, back wheel and road more efficiently as opposed to really keeping the swingarm lubed but I suppose the oil does some good on the way by!
 
Here's what I did to mine. A reminder of my early years in beautiful Alberta, a blocked off zerk fitting so the next owner is not tempted to use the grease gun.
Doesn't even leak! Yet.
 

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Mr. Rick said:
Here's what I did to mine. A reminder of my early years in beautiful Alberta, a blocked off zerk fitting so the next owner is not tempted to use the grease gun.
Doesn't even leak! Yet.
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At first I thought "at least that has increased the value of his bike by a dollar"...

But then I realised, if the law is the same in Canada as it is in the UK, where it's illegal to deface currency, then A) the dollar coin is now valueless and B) you've just become a felon....
 
Not sure about Canadian coin, but if that was a US dollar I bet 1968 still had a pretty good silver content. Might be worth $1.50. ;)
 
A bit of advice for anyone wanting to tinker with the swing arm cap:
If you remove the long threaded rod that holds the end cap on, the other cap on the drive-side may drop out of place and will require a lot of work to get back together. Also do not over-torque that thin rod and snap it off inside the swing-arm.
 
I fill a syringe with gear oil and shoot it into the opening on the end cap, Heinz Kegler told me the factory specified 140 only because it was so thick it might not leak out as fast as a thinner oil and had nothing to do with that particular weight be tested as required, Heinz said everyone just put some regular engine oil in there because it had to be light enough to get down through the 1/16 holes to actually be of some lube value
 
Deets55 said:
Not sure about Canadian coin, but if that was a US dollar I bet 1968 still had a pretty good silver content. Might be worth $1.50. ;)
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Sorry, last year for most if not all silver coins in the US was 1964. After that they went to the clad coins with copper center layer.
 
1up3down said:
I fill a syringe with gear oil and shoot it into the opening on the end cap, Heinz Kegler told me the factory specified 140 only because it was so thick it might not leak out as fast as a thinner oil and had nothing to do with that particular weight be tested as required, Heinz said everyone just put some regular engine oil in there because it had to be light enough to get down through the 1/16 holes to actually be of some lube value
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Maybe hypoid gear oil would be a happy medium. It is usually in the 90W range.
 
BrianG said:
It sounds like this lubricant requires heat to do its thing.
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The tech sheet says down to -20F.

http://www.jewellamberoil.com/grease/spec_sheet.htm

I am but a mere enthusiast who gathers information from people with much more experience and knowledge than myself. Read the posts by Comnoz. I have yet to be disappointed by following his advice.

My method is to use Mk3 style welch plugs, soak the felt and sintered bronze in Amber Oil (warmed to help pentration) and then use it to fill the cavity. So far I don't have any leaking out. It might be years before I discover whether or not it was the best idea. Hopefully it will be some kid thirty years from now who wonders at how great that swingarm looks! But I bought this oil based on a post from comnoz.

https://www.accessnorton.com/posts/113397/
 
"At first I thought "at least that has increased the value of his bike by a dollar"...
But then I realised, if the law is the same in Canada as it is in the UK, where it's illegal to deface currency, then A) the dollar coin is now valueless and B) you've just become a felon...."

The 68 Canadian dollar coin is 99.9% nickel, was issued 5.5 million times and this one had a big scratch. I coulda got maybe 50 cents for it.
But now, thanks to Fast Eddie, I live in fear that the Mounties are gonna extradite me back to Moose Jaw, or maybe even Saskatoon. It wasn't worth it.

Good tips from Bob Z. Learned both the hard way.
 
So all this being said, what is the correct weight oil you should push through the zirk fitting? I ask this because I have a type of "grease gun" specifically for oils. I would not be pushing grease through the zirk fitting, but oil.
 
Joe Schlaberdowski said:
So all this being said, what is the correct weight oil you should push through the zirk fitting? I ask this because I have a type of "grease gun" specifically for oils. I would not be pushing grease through the zirk fitting, but oil.
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Owners manual 140 gear oil or 90/140
 
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