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There is a lot of play there in that video. I seen the same issues on other neglected commandos. I bet it does the funky chicken walk when going around long sweepers.New bushings, new shaft and the clamp mod will fix most issues with the swing arm and then get your 8 to 10 thousandth inch for each front and rear ISO will make the bike track a lot better. Some vernier ISO kits had too hard rubber so do a search here. The link I sent is good as I bought them from Andover and they are soft. I use Quad rings instead of O-rings in the swing arm and I also shim the outside of the beauty cap so I have only 0.005" of clearance between the engine cradle and the bronze bushes on contact fitting before putting in the Quad Rings and swing arm axle. It will not eliminate the 140 wt oil weep but it slows it down quite a bit.Cheers,Thomas
There is a lot of play there in that video. I seen the same issues on other neglected commandos. I bet it does the funky chicken walk when going around long sweepers.
New bushings, new shaft and the clamp mod will fix most issues with the swing arm and then get your 8 to 10 thousandth inch for each front and rear ISO will make the bike track a lot better. Some vernier ISO kits had too hard rubber so do a search here. The link I sent is good as I bought them from Andover and they are soft. I use Quad rings instead of O-rings in the swing arm and I also shim the outside of the beauty cap so I have only 0.005" of clearance between the engine cradle and the bronze bushes on contact fitting before putting in the Quad Rings and swing arm axle. It will not eliminate the 140 wt oil weep but it slows it down quite a bit.
Cheers,
Thomas