Ducati Monster Forum

My baby is in storage at the moment but before the end of winter, a friend and I will be doing a powder coating run. I still kind of would like to powder coat that swing arm but I wonder if it hard to get the rear swing arm off and back on safely without being in a professional garage.

Also, is it heavy?  The swingarm?

The rear swingarm is pretty easy to remove, just DL the factory manual and it will show you where the parts are.

It's the front swingarm that is a bear to take off. [thumbsup]

You'll need a way to support the bike. saw horses and some boards work, and so does a ladder and some ratcheting straps.
Other than keeping the bike up, it's pretty easy.
You will also have to remove the eccentric hub from the swingarm before you get it coated, and make sure they do NOT coat the inside of that hole for hub. that would be bad news bears.
also you'll have to remove the doo-dads that hold your speedo sensor line in place.

no it's not heavy, it's hollow aluminum :) don't drop anything inside it though...

http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=23209.0 (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=23209.0)

one of many threads on the topic. What color you going with?

not sure if you get offended but you should really change the name of this thread. unprofessional people like me are DYING to make jokes about it.

It can be done without any crazy tools in about an hour. If you look in the tutorials, you ccan find a nice vid on remvoing the shock, it shows how to properly secure the tail of the bike.

basically it goes like this

1) Support back of bike
2) remove bolt from right side for shock and ride height
3) remove  the rearsets, eclip and loosen pinch bolt to slide rod out. Make sure to keep the shims IN THAT ORDER.

of course theres obvious stuff like removing the wheel, breaking the chain,unhooking the brake lines, removing rotor and sprockets etc. from there you can slide your eccentric out and your done.

Tools needed

A good ladder
Tie down Straps
Hex key set
Socket set ( i think the rearset bolts need 24mm or something, im not sure)
A hammer and a wood splint to use as a drift
A front stand is prefered
The proper grease/lube to reinstall the eccentric.
A new chain master link + a tool to connect the chain again (see cheap parts thread for a $20 DID clone)
A grinder to break the chain
E- Clip plyers. Or a very strong L Pick.

Thats all i can think of.

you're gonna be pleased when you pc the thing.  post pics when it's done.

I'm unprofessional now? [laugh]

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 it makes a huge difference in the look, i supported mine with some lumber i had laying around.
the only part i had problems with was the BIG C-clip on the eccentric but besides that... piece of cake,just make sure to remove the pinch bolt on the shifter side (its hidden under the plastic)
and remove the clips that hold the pivot axle in place.

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You had the beautiful job done on the swingarm and left that fugly yellow spring alone?

I also want to do this over the winter. I can take anything apart.  It the "putting back together" that sometimes gets screwed up [cheeky]

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thats mine.

:-[ but i kinda like the yellow ;)

Can you paint that spring?  I've thought about it.

Thanks for the tips... I would go with black... but I have to see if the guy I am store the bike with is going to be down with me hanging it from the straps in his garage as we go for a paint run.

At least I know that powder coating isn't terribly expensive!

Thanks again!

a lot of ppl do powdercoat the spring,when i has mine installed (upgraded to my weight)they asked me if i wanned a dif. color. so it is possible.

Oh yeah, that's how it got yellow in the 1st place. IT just takes a little do-ing to get it free.  You need to compress the spring, which will allow you to remove the end of the shock - then off comes the spring. That's the short version at least. I'm pretty sure there's something on thst subject in the tutorials section.

Paint, smaint.

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LOL back at you moneybags!  [laugh]

DAMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!
thats purdy!!!!! [bow_down]

Yeah, the Army pays big money.  [laugh] [laugh] [bang]

how the heck do you keep this bike this clean? amazing.

its actually a scale model, looks good because its all plastic casting and detailed testers paint work.

He contracted with NeufUnSix? I wondered.

All makes sense now.

Well... the NCR height rod is around 5 bills...the spring is 3, etc...  [thumbsup]

I want a Ti spring...just can't find a deal on one.  I powdercoated mine black.