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SW-Motec center stand 0ld and Wobbly

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Hello all. Looking for suggestions on replacement or re furbishing my 18 year old Motec center stand .Anybody have to fix one of these or is the Suzuki replacement a better fit .

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DS04,
What's wobbling?
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Mine is starting to get wobbly as well, plus it's stiff to put up and down. I contacted SW-M USA about how to lubricate and their reply was "We are happy to hear you are using your center stand so much it needs maintenance! We don’t provide service requirements, but the forums are always a good resource for questions like this." Yikes :(
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At around 90K I did some shimming to take out some play. That along with fresh lubing had it good to 122K when sold.
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jathkajoe said:
DS04,
What's wobbling?
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The main pivot attachment point. Was wondering if anyone rebushed one of these. Also the spring seamed to start losing tension..If you look closely at the upper right of the pic you'll see a stack of washers on the stop.I did that to close the gap the the swing armlegs, also the arm its self lost the rubber grommet stop too. The thing is so loose I'm thinking of taking it off.Getting noisy hitting the frame.
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My semi-educated guess would be the bushings where it attaches to the frame, unless the frame holes themselves (where the bushings are inserted) have elongated. If it's sloppy, I can't imagine grease fixing it, it will just make the "slopiness" smoother. Where to get replacements? I don;t know. 18 years on those bushings seems a pretty good life to me.

But if you invest in a new center-stand, try the Suzuki OEM. I was impressed with mine during install. I don't know if this one is right for your year model (mine for 2022 DL650 was Part# 42100-06871) but read the reviews below Suzuki 42100-06870 Center Stand Set Dl650l2 OEM for sale online | eBay
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I had my SWMotech center stand off a few years ago, cleaned and greased all the pivot points.
Seems like one should be able to find something to make new bushings with at the local ag supply store.
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nvr2old said:
At around 90K I did some shimming to take out some play. That along with fresh lubing had it good to 122K when sold.
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nvr2old,Did you get a lot of play up and down with the stand in up position? I can live with the wobble in the down position. i got to figure out a way to close the gap swing arm grommet to the frame grommet. Not sure even if i can find one from sw-motec if it's worth the money for a new spring to close the gap tighter.

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StretchNM said:
My semi-educated guess would be the bushings where it attaches to the frame, unless the frame holes themselves (where the bushings are inserted) have elongated. If it's sloppy, I can't imagine grease fixing it, it will just make the "slopiness" smoother. Where to get replacements? I don;t know. 18 years on those bushings seems a pretty good life to me.

But if you invest in a new center-stand, try the Suzuki OEM. I was impressed with mine during install. I don't know if this one is right for your year model (mine for 2022 DL650 was Part# 42100-06871) but read the reviews below Suzuki 42100-06870 Center Stand Set Dl650l2 OEM for sale online | eBay
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Thanks. I hear they fit a little better too. VStrom maybe different part indeed.Will do.
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I did this over 5 years ago. I shimmed the side to side with a washer . On the pivot shaft part a bushing of some sort was made and took out the play
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nvr2old said:
I did this over 5 years ago. I shimmed the side to side with a washer . On the pivot shaft part a bushing of some sort was made and took out the play
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Thanks for the reply nvr2old. Sounds like the way to go. Got to take it off in warmer weather look it over.
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