Quote Originally Posted by bigred1 View Post
I haven't taken it apart yet but when you hold where the grab bar goes and push side to side you can see the swingarm move on the axle
when the bearings start to go, the axle moves. if the bearings go to hell the seal surface is the part that will get damaged. will be running metal to metal after it eats the rubber seal away

loose nuts will spin the axle in the bearings.

hope this helps.
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