Stuck Swing Arm Nut KZ550

nosbearatu wrote: Patton, I wish there was a grease fitting. For some reason Kawasaki discontinued the fittings in 1980 for the swing arm on this bike. The remaining few years, you have to disassemble to repack the bearings...

I originally thought I had to take it off to replace the chain as the shop manual tells you to only use continuous chains for the drive. But seeing as the chain I have had on there has been a master link chain for the last 3-4 years and 15,000 miles I'm not too concerned. I'll just cut the old one off and pick up a new one.