Rear suspension cleaning

Ransaka
Ransaka Posts: 474
edited February 2011 in MTB workshop & tech
So, anyone got any tips for how to reassemble the linkage easily once the bearings and spacers are clean?

I took the seatstay pivot apart to clean it on my Pitch and had an absolute bast*rd time getting it back together. In the end I cable tied the spacers on until I got it all seated then cut them off. I don't have a workstand either (which I imagine helps a hell of a lot) so maybe something to do with it but I can't be the only one surely.

Any suggestions (other than buy a workstand or take it to my lbs for a service)?