sxr70001ny
New member
I got the skid out and the shocks are being revalved, but is there any other maintenance that should be done while it is out, new bearings/bushings or just a good cleaning and greasing. The sled was very well maintained by the guy I bought it from he greased it evertime he got back from a ride.
Old Thumper
New member
sxr70001ny said:
I'd recommend getting a bushing kit and go through the whole thing. You'll be surprised how bad some of those plastic bushings are worn. Check all the wheel bearings too. I did my V-Max last season, and I am doing my wifes Phazer right now.
daman
New member
Yup tear into it you'll find lots of stuff wore out, bushing, shafts,etc.
clean it good and re-grease..
clean it good and re-grease..
yamaholic22
Active member
Call Bruce at Pioneer performance and get his rear suspension bushing kit, WAY cheaper than getting each individual bushing from yamaha. Just put two of these kits in last week, and then shimmed all of them tight. The bushings i took out were COMPLETELY JUNK. If you have any sort of miles on yours, they will be very similar.
daman
New member
yamaholic22 said:
How much???
Thumper1
New member
$60 or $70 depending on steel or alum shocks.
daman
New member
Thumper1 said:
Huh...for a complete skid bush kit???
yamaholic22
Active member
yup, $60 for the ones for the aluminum bodied rebuildable shocks. WAY cheaper than buying the individual bushings from yamaha, in which you will be around $200 bucks.
Marshall Distributing sells the rear suspension bushing kits for about $35 bucks. My Yami dealer stocks these.
http://www.marshalldistributing.com/
They only sell through dealers, though.
http://www.marshalldistributing.com/
They only sell through dealers, though.
yamaholic22
Active member
ToddMeister said:
Are they as good as the oem bushings? I have found that alot of the time aftermarket bushings are much lower quality than oem.
daman
New member
yamaholic22 said:
No kidding just went through the wifes '01 dlx skid, got over 2 bills in that one.
daman
New member
yamaholic22 said:
I was wondering the same thing holic...
Old Thumper
New member
Also, change the speedometer bearing while you're in there.
yamaholic22 said:
They appear to be of similar quality and materials as the OEM bushings. Time will tell, next time I pull the skids for inspection. I have these bushing kits installed in both sleds, 04 Warrior and 01 Venture
maxwell
New member
does anyone have a p?n for these?
Vmax Al
New member
What dealer did you get the kits from, is it the Bay City area?
sockeyerun
Test Dummy
Doing the same on my MM right now. Haven't pulled apart a skid yet that didn't have worn bushings...