Its the only thing letting my bike at the moment its a bit rusty what would you suggest respray or powercoat and how hard is it to get the swingarm off cheers
powdercoat will end up costing over £150 in parts you'll have to replace , bearings, collars etc
trust me spraying is easier
You got ripped off, bearings are £5 each at the most. And you can get away with the rubbers if you take them out carefully. Bushes Should be ok if routine maintenance has been carried out.
yeah well as you already know I did it on a 20 year old bike
swingarm bearings genuine from Yamaha are not £5 each either, cannot be asked to dig out my receipts but if you know somewhere that do them for that price post it up I even called the main UK bearing dealer and was told the specific bearing is not common therefore only imported by Yamaha and 1 or two other places.
I had loads of people telling me where to try and none of them had them
call around but that's what I learnt
-- Edited by Seiki on Monday 16th of August 2010 07:10:55 PM
I've taken the swing arm off and im gonna change the bearings while i've got it off, they don't really need doing but it wont' do any harm. I just need to knock the old bearings out and double check the measurements.
yeah that's who I tried dude , called them up and everything . They said Yama was my best choice . They're only £20 each but you need 4 , and they're tricky t get back in
I'll try a few places, there's a few bearing shops around here and most ag dealers i use have bearings im sure one will have the right size. How's the dt? Done anything about your test yet?
