What's the trick for the rear axle?!?

[LOUD MOUSE]

Well it matters because HONDA assembled the bikes in a way which is/was simple to follow and use.. ............lm

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's installed from the wrong side.

How is that?

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Just so some geek of a judge at the vintage motorcycle show doesn't come along and take points off your bike when you enter it in the concourse d'elegance.
Really, it doesn't make a functional difference. Unless you want the added rust protection of chainlube and motor oil leaking from your right crank seal to help keep that axle nut from binding up, which, in your case obviously would not have helped.

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By the way, by the looks of arrow "A" I'd say your pounding has started to spread the swingarm. This is not good because the two sides become misaligned causing further binding. I would stick to rotational force to free up that collar at this point. A length of pipe slipped over your (large) vise grip handle (the one with the knob, not the one with the release) to lock it against the ground would help to free up your hands while working the axle head. Some steel rod or an old screwdriver you really don't care about can then be slipped in the hole and worked with a hammer in a downward motion at the back side of the head to apply rotation to the axle. I would also put the nut back on and tighten it to draw the sides of the swingarm back together until that collar turns loose from the axle. But don't tighten so much that the collar is bound against the adjuster.

[mopower]

By the way, by the looks of arrow "A" I'd say your pounding has started to spread the swingarm. This is not good because the two sides become misaligned causing further binding.

I was afraid of that. Not having taken one of these apart though, I wasn't sure if that was normal or not... I'll start twisting tonight. Thanks for the tips.

[305racer]

Just so some geek of a judge at the vintage motorcycle show doesn't come along and take points off your bike when you enter it in the concourse d'elegance.
Really, it doesn't make a functional difference. Unless you want the added rust protection of chainlube and motor oil leaking from your right crank seal to help keep that axle nut from binding up, which, in your case obviously would not have helped.

LoL Yer first sentence is so true! And I agree about it not mattering which way it goes I just wanted to see what creative answers would be posted :)

[mopower]

Yes, "C" is a flanged spacer. Sounds like it's rusted to your axle. You might try grabbing it with a pair of vise grips and rotating it against the axle to try and free it up. You are probably going to need a new axle at the very least, so cutting is likely a good option as well.

Yeah, I think cutting it is going to be the only option at this point. I've broken two pair of vise grips this morning trying to get the spacer to spin separately from the axle. Not to mention 6 center punches that I've been using to keep the axle from spinning, nor the sizeable hole in my left shin after the last one broke and lodged itself there...

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Ouch, sorry to here that. Guess it's time for the angle grinder and cutoff wheel.