GT750/GT550/T500 bronze swingarm bushing options

[jabcb]

There are some old posts about the PartsNMore bronze swingarm bushing not fitting. The ID is OK, but the OD is too big.
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http://www.partsnmore.com/parts/suzuki/ ... y]=chassis

OldBikeBarn also sells them:
http://www.oldbikebarn.com/suzuki-72-77 ... g-set.html
As does DiabloCycle:
http://www.diablocycle.com/Suzuki-Swing ... ronze.html

Does anyone know if any of these options currently fit without modification?

[sportston]

No idea, but i would be interested to know as I might need to convert mine one day

[jabcb]

HVCcycle sells bronze bushings for Yamahas & Kawasakis, but not Suzuki.
They have a warning: “The Bushings must be pressed into the swingarm. If the Bushings are struck with a hammer or pounded in the Bushings will be damaged”

That might be the issue with the Suzuki bushings I found — they might need pressed in.

I ordered the stock Suzuki bushings & will use those unless I have a solution for bronze bushings that don’t need pressed in.

[jabcb]

Found a bit more info from the OldJapaneseBikes website: http://www.oldjapanesebikes.com/1973_GT750/page-3
Properly sized bronze bushings are available from The Kettle Club in the UK & Reiner in Germany.
http://www.thekettleclub.com/regalia/
email: GTReiner1@aol.com
Suzuki switched to needle roller bearings on the GS bikes.
A conversion for the two strokes is described here: http://www.pinkpossum.com/GT750/phattra ... winger.htm

Per an old forum post, Pedro used to sell phosphor bronze bushings that he made himself.
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