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Ok thanks for your insight, well left bearing broke 4 months and I waited to get an original one because it was so messed up I wouldn't of been able to get a size for it from a local engineering shop. 2 days ago when it broke again I was able to get one from a local shop this time so no waiting :). Todays the second and so far so good. I don't use the quad for racing just as a daily driver around my town. To get to my property my road is like a off road race track, very bad dirt road. Ive used to to charge lots of material to my property to build my cabin last year. Thanks for putting my mind to rest about the gap I'll just keep en eye on it and hope it doesn't break again. Another unrelated question, my head light is gone and Honda doesn't have it in stock. I noticed that the newer generation have a different code for the headlight. Do you know if a new model bulb had the same special fitting? They are both 35w

Good afternoon, thanks for the reply. Yes I have the manual and followed all the instructions as well as torqueing correctly and doing the right side first. I'm thinking the gap could of been created from a bent frame or the engine is a little to the right. Also the bearing first broke 4.5 months ago after a hurricane hit my house and it had a few weeks of very off road driving. Honda took 4.5montha to get me a new bearing (I live in a 3rd world country). Since it's my only way to get around I had no choice but to drive around with a broken bearing for 4 months. It's possible that had affect it somehow but it was the right side that broke after repairing them so it might of just been bad luck. So the fact that the gap on the left side is a little big isn't a problem?

G'day guys, just wanted to ask some questions regarding the swing arm. First of all I just wanted to say that I am very impressed by the trx250 I can't believe its19 years old it is my daily driver I live in a rural coast town and it gets driven off-road every day and on pavement for a few kilometers I've had it for two and a half years. 500 km away and I drove it back home for in 2 days and I had nothing go wrong. All I've had to change on it is some bearings and carbons in the starter. Last week I changed the bearings in my swing arm because the left side was broken, I changed both sides. The left side and the frame had a bigger gap then normal, I made some tests shaking around the quad and it didn't seem to move so I thought I would keep an eye on it. Yesturday it started moving around and when I opened it up I found the right side bearing was broken. I've put a new bearing in and this time the gap on the left side is smaller then last week but it's still not as small as the right side. Both installations I've torqued the bolts correctly. If anyone has any ideas it would be really helpful.