Xj900s diversion BACKEND REBUILD 

Thanks for the vid John, perfect time filler between MotoGP and the cup final. Always good seeing more of the bike coming together. Cheers.

nice one mate really looks good lot of work getting this far but oh so worth it

Looking good i have 96 model green in coulor no workshop but have managed to work on it outside back on road now think its a keeper even though a bit heavy ! Have my 60th coming up 2019.Keep up the great work. Eian.

getting exciting now starting to resemble a bike. Looking great keep it going

Very good video, thanks. I had blue thread lock on mine, too. Saves movement but a fight to get off. Replacing the shaft was helped by using a wire around the shaft rather than the Universal coupling, and feeding both ends up through the inspection hole in the arm. Made maneuvering a bit more accurate, in my experience, but everybody has their technique. Easy to remove, too. Good rebuild. All the best.

Come on.....hurry up and get er dun...... I'm getting exasperated with all this waiting and building crap. Other than that, it's awesome. lol Great video man. 😎👍👍👍

I went through the same frustration fitting the drive shaft. The problem is that the universal joint (UJ ) lays in such a way you cannot engage the swing arm fully or use the drive shaft to lift the UJ when trying to fit the s/a (see timeline 17:42). The way I did it was to use a pole that fitted into the universal joint and was longer than the the swing arm. I slide the swing arm on over the pole and used the pole to position the universal joint to allow me the fit the arm and install the pivot bolts. I then used a magnetic probe through the inspection hole (see timeline 12:02) to hold the UJ joint in the centre then slide in the drive shaft without the final drive housing, the drive shaft will just pull out of the final drive you don't need to remove the circlip (timeline 06:40). I have to say the swing arm rebuild was one of the most frustrating jobs I have ever done it took quite some time to figure out what the problem was and how to solve it.

To soften the rubber gland and the. plastic grommet, use Silicon oil. Prolongs the life and keeps them supple.

great job mate

Very good. Thank you. I've got to tackle mine soon.

Hi, videos are excellent thank you! How did you clean the fuel system? Petrol tank etc.

Have you painted swing arm with hammerite ?

Hello, I have a problem with the upperbolt of the shock absorber and both bolts of the swinging arm. They won't com off, can you help? Pictures av aiable.

Did you grease the gear on the wheel that goes into the final drive ?

Where are you in Nottingham please

Do you have Polish roots?

Rear arm painted hemmerite silver ???