As promised, here are some pics of the latest progress. Unfortunately, it's not assembly progression yet, but it's definitely a step in the right direction. We decided to go with a +4" extended swingarm, w/ TRX450R rear end components, from HRE. This is the first HRE product I've seen in person, and it is a beautiful piece of workmanship! My friend likes the cleaner look of the Honda style, round bearing carrier. As a plus, current, and replacement parts, will be much easier to source, and cheaper too. We also have a Tusk, +4" 450R rear axle, which just so happens to be +4.25" wider than the stock Tecate rear axle. We also have a 450R rear wave rotor, OEM 450R rear brake caliper, and parking brake block off. Not pictured are the BVC rear sprocket guard, and integrated rear disk guard/brake stay (still wrapped in 30 layers of saran wrap).
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), and we wrenched for a few hours in the garage. As always, things can't go as smoothly as we had hoped they would. If you recall, when we got this Tecate, it had an extended OEM 84-85 swingarm installed on it. Before we sold the swingarm, we removed the needle bearings/seals from it, because they were in excellent shape. The old bearings were cleaned up, regreased, and felt fine. We pressed the old needle bearings into the new swingarm easily. Once installed, the bearings were binding on their center sleeves, and they felt gritty. Hmmm, maybe these bearings aren't as clean as I thought they were. Doing some research after the fact, I see that both the 84-85 & 86-87 Tecates use the same bearings/center sleeves, but the 84-85 uses a different seal on one side of each bearing. Since we needed the proper seals anyway, we decided to order a complete All Balls swingarm bearing kit. After that fun, we mounted up the new Ohtsu M/R 101 front tire, and thankfully, that went fairly smoothly.
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