Honda Recon 250 Swingarm, Axle, Rear Diff bearing and seal replacement 

Glad I could help!

I'm glad I could help. Thanks for watching!

Lol thanks for watching!!

Thanks for watching

I was thinking that also. Also dragging and hammering all the machined surfaces across the concrete floor was making me cringe. Hammering bearings even on the outer races made me cringe too.

But to add the video was helpful.

Thanks man. I will try that on the next one

I usually just tear these diffs down on the floor because they can make a pretty bad mess on my work cart. I run the cases through a parts washer and then spray out any residual with brake cleaner. I've never been much concerned over the exterior cleanliness as opposed to the interior cleanliness. And unfortunately I don't get to work on many clean ones. I just do the best I can with what I have.

Before. The little o-ring kind of fits in a groove in the end of that spacer.

I assume so. The kit I ordered came with two but I checked a few schematics and you are correct OEM only shows one.

Yes it is best to drain it

It just sticks up in the recess in the end of the shaft.

I agree with you on the cleaning of the shop. It does get out of control from time to time and I'm often working on multiple projects at one time. I can't remember if this swing arm will allow this on the recon or not but some of them do not have a hole that passes all the way through so you can drive from the back side. I know the 450 Foreman will allow you to drive them through and if this one has a pass through all the way through then yes driving on the back side is an option. Seems like I just always weld and pull out with the blind bearing puller just because I know it will work and the heat from the welding often helps them slide out easier. Thanks for watching and I appreciate the comments.

My 2001 Recon swingarm does not have a hole all the way through to punch out the bearing. I wish it did! The welding trick worked!

I used the kit from a company called all balls part number 28-1056

@@FourwheelerDoctor thanks You

Yes it does. That's actually part of the bearing and it's not supposed to be separate but as on the bike I was working on and it sounds like yours is the same way all the balls fell out of the bearing and that inner race was left on the shaft. You have to remove the inner race in order to put the new bearing on.

@@FourwheelerDoctor Thanks man, ill be ordering one of those seal pullers and bearing pullers aswell. It seems to make the job easier. I appreciate it.

@@FourwheelerDoctor Hi, i hate to keep bothering you, but i have got the rubber bushing out, the one before the circlip. and prior to rebuilding it for them, i was told it was rebuilt around 4 years ago. Well, i noticed that the circlip that's in your video isn't in mine. I would only assume that the individual that rebuilt mine put the wrong clip in it. because either he or she probably misplaced the one that came with it. Is this something that might've happend, or are these style clips sometimes put in there? Thanks! www.partzilla.com/product/honda/90601-HM8-000?gclid=Cj0KCQjw6ZOIBhDdARIsAMf8YyEikBSsPl3u44LlmLBp_JlNj_9CA3ICUr4J8f1kpuQLrx7tm0m8JD8aAttrEALw_wcB

If you don't know they are there and you press the bearing out, the clip can slide out too and get lost. There is a good chance it was never replaced.

More than likely it's the pilot jet this clogged and sometimes they can have very small holes in them so my only advice is to take it all the way apart and you may have to take a strand of wire to stick through the pilot jet to get it clean. I usually just use brake cleaner and air to blow everything out and put it back together. More than likely in your case you pilot jet will be completely closed. I just uploaded a video of cleaning a Honda four wheeler carburetor. You can check it out just to get the general how to. Your ATV carburetor may be different but they're all fairly similar on the inside

@@FourwheelerDoctor thanks your awesome

@@gregromans5311 thanks and thanks for watching

It can be done but the driveshaft is tough to get lined up with the swingarm installed.

@FourwheelerDoctor ok. I remove the differential without taking the swing arm loose. It came right off easy. I hope can reassemble it. Lol

Possibly. There could be a difference in the factory bearings and the ones you installed that could cause some slop. Give it a shot and if the swingarm doesn't have any side to side movement then you should be good.

@@FourwheelerDoctor I am doing a swap on a parts four-wheeler the swingarm bearings are Factory so I should be fine correct..

@@FourwheelerDoctor thank you for your help

@@disneyjr5912 yes they should be

I'm in South carolina.

I got the kit off eBay

@@FourwheelerDoctor thank you

@@randomstuff6753 thanks for watching

You are correct. I need a breakers bar but I don't have one that long that I can get the leverage with. I'm in the market for a bar.

Yes that is true. The water is the killer around here. Just took one apart today with mud in my the bottom end. Need to be bored and a crankshaft. Its going to be an expensive one.