pivot

Hello, Have any of you guys remove the pivot bolt for the swingarm? I'm doing it on my hypermotard 821 and having some trouble. I think I have all the bolts removed including the hidden pinch bolt on the right side behind the pivot bolt, all the rear set bolts, and both C clips on the pivot...

Screwing around with my highly modified Chinese shift lever. I wanted to eliminate any and all side to side play and twisting play so I started searching for a bearing that would fit instead of the bushing. The hole is 15mm. The bearings I found are ceramic with an outer diameter of 16mm($10 for...