Special Tool....WTF....grrrr

I'm in the process of installing a McIntosh 8" Pro Arm on my zx14...Everything is going really well(should have known..lol)...I go to the right side of the bike to pull the swingarm pivot shaft and there"s a dam swingarm pivot collar locknut....Well that stopped me in my tracks... I go googling and find out the whole assembly will more than likely turn out when using the 14mm hex to spin out the shaft....Question...I have a 1 1/16 " socket in my hand to make a special tool(Swingarm pivot nut wrench) but does anyone out there, know where i can buy one for alot less than the 70 dollars Kawasaki is asking, before I go through the time of making a less than superior homemade tool...lol

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Originally Posted by NEVER2OLD

I'm in the process of installing a McIntosh 8" Pro Arm on my zx14...Everything is going really well(should have known..lol)...I go to the right side of the bike to pull the swingarm pivot shaft and there"s a dam swingarm pivot collar locknut....Well that stopped me in my tracks... I go googling and find out the whole assembly will more than likely turn out when using the 14mm hex to spin out the shaft....Question...I have a 1 1/16 " socket in my hand to make a special tool(Swingarm pivot nut wrench) but does anyone out there, know where i can buy one for alot less than the 70 dollars Kawasaki is asking, before I go through the time of making a less than superior homemade tool...lol

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Is that the thing with 4 prongs on it? If so, I think I have one but it's in the "tools that I almost never use" box and may take quite a while to find. I would think that JohnnyP636 would have one, too. A lot of Kawasakis have that same swingarm pivot design. It may be faster to just whip out the grinder and go ahead and make that special tool. (I would.)

I'll more than likely make one...And no doubt it will end up in the same place as yours after I use it once...lol