Yo dudes - I got a problem, stripped the rear suspension down today in order to grease the bearings and found one set had completely collapsed - it fell apart, so I rang the local yam dealer, and they wasn't that helpful, usual stuff about no such bike, is it an 03? They weren't made after 03 (mines an 05) then quoted £90.00 for a set, don't know when they will arrive, etc, so had a look on the net and found a web page bikebearings.co.uk - found the right size, only £8.00 or so, sorted, but they don't have a dust seal like the yam ones - what you reckon? Can anyone give any info on this? Does this bearing look sealed enuf, or will it need additional dust seal? Cos if so, I don't know where to get it, my yam dealer doesn't seem to be all that interested other than taking the whole job over, which could no doubt cost a packet and take forever. I'm thinking of just getting this cheap one pushed in, and keep an eye on it.
My freakin bike is getting killed by British winter salt - I recently re-painted, had to cut the rear fender bolts off the back, ( reccomend stick wth original bl=olts there if possible, I put stainless ones in, and they reacted with the ally in the sub-frame bit, absolutley solid ganked in there - blowtorch territory - argh, can't believe I'm doing these things to by bike!) also the exhaust jubilee clip thing was facked today, so had to take a hacksaw blade to it.
Bike has done nearly 30K now, not the first Yam I had with this problem at 30-40K, (miles) I remember some guy on a honda message board was on about putting greae nipples in the old V4 hondas, thats actually a **** good idea!
This is my nackered part, you can see the rusty wear on that spindle, I hope to get a new one done local on a lathe
Here is the bearing for £8.00 - does you reckon it be ok with no dust seal? Anyone know?
Meanwhile, I just put it all back together and bunged a load of grease in till I can sort it proper - wouldn't recommend going on a motorway or owt tho, had a yam rear end suspension seize once before, bike turned into a bukaroo!
My freakin bike is getting killed by British winter salt - I recently re-painted, had to cut the rear fender bolts off the back, ( reccomend stick wth original bl=olts there if possible, I put stainless ones in, and they reacted with the ally in the sub-frame bit, absolutley solid ganked in there - blowtorch territory - argh, can't believe I'm doing these things to by bike!) also the exhaust jubilee clip thing was facked today, so had to take a hacksaw blade to it.
Bike has done nearly 30K now, not the first Yam I had with this problem at 30-40K, (miles) I remember some guy on a honda message board was on about putting greae nipples in the old V4 hondas, thats actually a **** good idea!
This is my nackered part, you can see the rusty wear on that spindle, I hope to get a new one done local on a lathe
Here is the bearing for £8.00 - does you reckon it be ok with no dust seal? Anyone know?
Meanwhile, I just put it all back together and bunged a load of grease in till I can sort it proper - wouldn't recommend going on a motorway or owt tho, had a yam rear end suspension seize once before, bike turned into a bukaroo!
