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Leif Боднарчук 🍁 🇺🇦
@leifb73.bsky.social
Belfast & Larne via Toronto 🍁 Слава Україні 🇺🇦
Professional guitar technician. 🏍️ 🛠️
ADHD, smidge autistic.
He/him
That looks cool. I have a little brass bristle thing like a pipe cleaner, but this is sexier
December 20, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I was wondering about rust converter, but didn’t know if it was wise. But I did use a hacksaw blade, and then a grinder attachment on the dremel. Ta da!
December 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
This is as good as I’m getting it.
December 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Tried a bunch of stuff. Awl, punch, anything a bit sharp. The awl finally worked once I had ground away a lot of the race with a Dremel (not a real Dremel)
December 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Funny thing is, I may still end up buying a whole new (used) swingarm. If the new-to-me model has decent bearings and pivot bushes, the whole thing will cost less than two new pivot bushes.
December 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
You’ve been away too long! If everyone bum-rushed the gate it would be horrid. We have standards here, STANDARDS!
December 20, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Now I wanna see Tommy Robinson try it.
December 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
And it’ll whisk eggs no problem
December 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I tried a lil blowtorch with little to no success. I did the freezy method for wheel bearings, that helped a little.
December 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
O-KAY!

Filing and Dremel. Took a while. Now to see if the bore ca clean up okay. My main concerns are the outer regions, for the new seals.

Alt text: rusty, mangled parts, and a not-so-clean shaft they were extracted from
December 20, 2025 at 2:22 PM
That looks the business
December 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Heat didn’t help much
December 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I’ve tried a bunch of ways. They weren’t budging. Dremel to the rescue…
December 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I have a blind bearing kit, with slide hammer and that other sorta screw-down attachment. So far they are NAUGHTY LITTLE bstds. I need to maybe fashion a brace so I can POUND the bejaysus out of it without damaging anything.
December 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM