How do you replace rear swing-arm boot on a 2002 Honda foreman 450?

Answer 1

Do not attempt this unless you have the tools ready and basic mechanical skills and experience in repairing different vehicles.

Some hints on possible procedures: First, you need a special tool to pull the swingarm. You can buy one from Honda for around $ 100 or try to make your own from a 21 mm socket that is cut in such a way as to make it have four prongs that lock onto the outer nut that holds the arm. For the inner Allen bolts, you can take a lugnut and weld it onto a long bolt that will engage the inner bolt. You need a welding machine and an angle grinder to make these tools. Another method is to pull the rear differential, then slide the driveshaft back, and then you can remove and install a new boot. This is the method to use if the bearings of the swingarm are still good and there is no extra play in the arm