Did the swing arm & relay arm service so maybe these pics. might be of some help. Muffler has to be removed to do the swingarm pivot and the muffler/exhaust pipe needs to be removed to get the last bolt out of the front pivot point on the relay arm.
Didn't get a pic. of removing the final drive,its pretty easy. Remove the 4 closed head nuts after removing the rear wheel assem. and slide out the drive shaft assem. from the swingarm housing.
Took this pic. to show the nut for the swing arm bolt which has a retaining plate ( two screws and plate just to the right of the U-joint) Manual says to remove the plate. Dosen't need to be. Just use a 27mm (1 1/16) socket , same size as rear axel nut, and remove the swing arm bolt after removing the shock, rear brake master cylinder cover, brake stay, lines etc. off the swing arm.
Once apart pivot shaft and bearings were in good shape although very litttle grease, as usual. The grease seals at each end keep the crap out pretty good. What does need a bit of grease is the swing arm pivot bolt as it had a spot of rust on it. And from having to try and remove frozen swing arm bolts from dirt bikes a little lube now is a good idea.
Couple of tips:
-use some anti-sieze paste on the muffler clamp bolt and the nuts at the cylinder head. Will need new gaskets to reinstall the muffler/exhaust pipe to insure no leakage
-when putting the drive shaft back in, put the bike in gear so you can turn the final drive a bit to engage the drive shaft splines back into the front U-joint assem.
- and leave the four closed head nuts loose on the final drive to swing arm housing till you have installed the rear wheel and axel, then tighten them up.
So is it all worth doing on a low mileage bike. (31,000 km) We have winter here :-[
At the least, supporting the rear wheel, removing the swing arm bolt, and a little of your favorite grease on the bolt is easy to do and will allow you to get it apart in the future as it seems to be the one part that got the rust.
I think this kind of reads like those badly written Chinese assem. instructions you get with the kids new bike.
Once again a shop manual is really a good investment if you are going to tackle a few of these jobs.