Steel extended swingarm

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Cyrix

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Hi, I just received my package from Japan containing a Taiwan-made stainless steel +6cm swingarm. I recently bought a 2025 Icebear Champion and there are some recent changes to the bike this year. It came with an aluminum swingarm that just looks like trash and is not quite straight. It looks like they fixed the loose bushing issue. But I wanted a better, more trustworthy part and bad steel sure kicks the crap out of bad aluminum. It looks like the best part reasonably priced was offered at Webike. This part looks nice and I have not seen it discussed. It goes on this Sunday, along with new shocks from Trailbuddy, new tires, EZ start CDI, and an adjustable throttle. Last week I installed a YX140 and the nice wide original styled exhaust from Bart.

My Champion is blue and dang I wish I had ordered it in green. Don't forget to reattach that brake stay. Whatever. Hello...

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Okay the new shocks and swingarm are on. I like the look, but I do not understand how to use these chain tensioners and so I cannot for the life of me get that chain as taught as it needs to be. The tensioners are metal blocks with axel holes and they slide into the open back of the swingarm. The axel goes through them and there is a bolt that goes through this block and ends in that axel hole. The bolt pokes out the back of the swingarm and has a nut and a hex head.

Please help.

Handling has improved, but the chain is skipping so I can't ride much until I get this solved.

You can see the swingarm disassembled with its tensioners out at the Webike link:
japan.webike.net

TANAKA TRADING : Stainless Steel Long Swingarm [ca0852]

Product Description: TANAKA TRADING Stainless Steel Long Swingarm [ca0852] : Fits:HONDA ST90 (ST90) The rear hub mounting width is the same as STD si... - Webike
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That setup is going to be an issue, you loosen the nut and drive the bolt in, with the axle nut loose.. It doesn't have much more left. Seriously hokey swingarm dude. I would not run it. The chain is going to be slappin it soon! Tanaka swingarms ain't very good. Go back to stock.
 
I found out how the chain tensioners work and now everything is good. I drove it a couple of miles and the chain stayed tight. This is a huge improvement over the stock piece
 
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