Service your linkage and swingarm bearings asap

I'd also like to write some suggestions for when reinstalling the rocker arm, since Stark's video procedure is to just loosen the reverse thread locknut and then apply 5 Nm when reinstalling it: this may work for a clean bike but maybe not with a dirty one, since the reverse thread looks like an M21 X 1.5 and with such a big thread 5 Nm may be significantly affected by dirt.
I suggest:
1-remove the locknut
2-clean the male reverse thread with a towel and the female one with a toothbrush, since it's little accessible
3-make sure that the locknut spins freely; you should be able to make it going through its hole and then falling off the other side
4-reinstall the locknut until it barely leaves a gap for the rocker arm
5-put the rocker arm in position with the shaft inside it, but IMO the shaft shouldn't protrude from the rocker arm and shouldn't touch the locknut
6-apply the 5 Nm to the locknut
7-make sure that the rocker arm is indeed locked by wiggling it and rotating it; the seals should stay still when it rotates
8-reapply the 5 Nm (you have wiggled the rocker arm)
9-tighten the shaft at 60 Nm as per the video
I followed the directions in the Stark video, I had forgotten about your post. I cleaned everything pretty well and had no real problems with the reverse nut. One small issue I had servicing the suspension was accessing the pullrod nut with a socket on the torque ratchet. To get the proper torque on that nut I used an adjustable torque wrench (inline). Around 60NM is about the maximum I would do with an adjustable but it was much easier than a socket.
 
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