[4K]Worn-out swing-arm bearings|bushings on the KTM 300

This is a pretty good way to check your swing-arm bearings/bushings. I was rolling the 300 up on the porch to hose it off and start installing grip studs. While pushing up the stairs, I could hear and feel the bearings rattling/clunking. $60 for an OEM swing-arm repair kit from Rocky Mountain. My bike is 4 years old, so I'm not surprised things like this are starting to wear out.

Look for the repair video soon!


My bike is a 2016 KTM 300XC-W. Red PV spring, adjuster flush. Suzuki RM250 needle. V-force 4 reeds, PC Platinum II pipe, E-LINE carbon fiber pipe guard. ROX 1.75" risers, ProTaper Evo bars. Clake One Light Clutch. ASV front brake lever. Fastaway hand guards and pegs. Over sized anodized aluminum rear brake pedal, can't remember brand. Tusk gas cap. TUbliss front & rear. Shinko fatty front tire 10psi, 110/18 Maxxis Desert IT rear tire 4psi. Dirt-Trix tool steel front sprocket, Vortex aluminum rear, (stock tooth count) final drive gold x-ring chain.

GoPro Hero 8 Black settings + other setup info-
4K/60FPS/Wide FOV
Hypermooth 2.0- ON(Not boost mode, boost is not available at 4K/60. Boost IS available at 4K/30)
Bit Rate- High
Sharpness- Medium
MIN/MAX ISO- 100/400
Video compression- HEVC
I didn't change anything else. "GoPro" color.

SD Card- Lexar 1800X 128GB

The stock internal mics on the Hero 8 are still terrible, so I use an external mic-
GoPro mic adapter w/ Rode Lavalier GO mic. ◄-- This mic is FANTASTIC for dirt bike stuff.
Mic setting- "Standard Mic"

Edited with Adobe Premier Pro
Export settings-

4K/60fps/H.264/CBR/100mbps

I upload to Youtube at at-least 1440p to force vp9 codec from Youtube. Small channels have to do this. The larger channels get the vp9 codec no matter the resolution they upload at. If your 1080p videos look like pixelated ass, that's why. Upload at AT-LEAST 1440p to get around it. Right click any video on Youtube, then click "stats for nerds". Look at the "codec" line.

My editing/gaming computer(built by me)-
Intel i9-9900k @ 5ghz all cores overclock
Corsair H115i Pro 280mm radiator water cooling
Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master motherboard
32gb Corsair 3200mhz ram
MSI 1080ti AERO OC video card
1x500gb Samsung 970Evo NVME m.2 ssd
1x 500gb Samsung 960Pro NVME m.2 ssd
1x250gb Samsung 860Pro ssd
Sound Blaster Z sound card
Audiotechnica ATH AD1000x headphones
Corsair AX860i power-supply
Antlion Modmic microphone
Corsair K70 RGB MK2 keyboard
Logitech G-Pro Wireless mouse

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