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Rear Suspension - chrisr - 19-02-2024

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And this my friends is why you must grease your rear suspension every year!

This guy on fb has always had his 26,000km 900 serviced at a dealer, when the rear suspension collapsed Yamaha said he must have regularly used a pressure washer and removed the grease! The dealer didn’t want to know. As far as I know it’s not part of any service schedule but what do I know. One scrap bike, one very unhappy owner. 



Rear Suspension - Trevini - 19-02-2024

I seem to recall a member on here some years ago had a break in the same place after trying to remove the bearing. The repair was a fabricated  wrap on that section of the frame with the mounting lugs attached. Worked well from what I can remember. It was all posted on here (or my have been the old site), so might still exist somewhere.



Rear Suspension - LAURENCEAUX - 19-02-2024

Thanks for a timely reminder Chris, I do mine using a technique passed to me by member Riggers, but it's been 2 years so I'd best check. I'd hate this to happen to me. Would this bike really be a scrapper now?



Rear Suspension - Trevini - 19-02-2024

Just checked on JBX and service schedule sites check at 10k Kilometers and lube at 20k for rear suspension assembly, so it should have been at least checked and lubed once in its life by the dealer.


Here you go Chris… http://www.carpe-tdm.net/ipb/index.php?showtopic=12431&hl=+rear%20+suspension%20+linkage



Rear Suspension - fruitcake - 20-02-2024

Quote:I seem to recall a member on here some years ago had a break in the same place after trying to remove the bearing. The repair was a fabricated  wrap on that section of the frame with the mounting lugs attached. Worked well from what I can remember. It was all posted on here (or my have been the old site), so might still exist somewhere.
 

Was going to say, isn't that the tricky one you have to knock out from the left.

 

I wonder if a garage or owner was getting heavy handed with it previously and cracked it, possibly not enough to break at the time but fail later on.

 

I'd expect that to be a scrapped frame, but interesting if someone managed to repair it.


Rear Suspension - leehenty - 21-02-2024

Knowing dealers I bet they skipped doing it

Rear Suspension - Snowbird - 21-02-2024

Quote: 

but interesting if someone managed to repair it.
I'd buy it at the right price, that would be a very cheap right price though.



Rear Suspension - dablik - 24-02-2024

Quote:I seem to recall a member on here some years ago had a break in the same place after trying to remove the bearing. The repair was a fabricated  wrap on that section of the frame with the mounting lugs attached. Worked well from what I can remember. It was all posted on here (or my have been the old site), so might still exist somewhere.
 

That was Celtic biker Trev, he managed to weld/repair somehow and kept it from scrap..eludes me now.


Rear Suspension - dapleb - 24-02-2024

He was an expert welder (and cakey maker) and had access to mega kit (for welding and maybe cake). He TIGd a lug on somehow.

Rear Suspension - Catteeclan - 25-02-2024

I've still got CBs suspension links here, some taller and shorter.



Rear Suspension - leehenty - 25-02-2024

He had access to megawatt RF laser cutting equipment and used to add home jobs in the waste areas

Rear Suspension - LAURENCEAUX - 25-02-2024

Fixitsan might have a bike for spares (your new frame)?



Rear Suspension - fixitsan - 27-02-2024

Quote:Fixitsan might have a bike for spares (your new frame)?
 

You're pimping it out already !

It's a possibility though. I need to have a think for a few days, but I could break it...

 

But there's a frame on ebay for £150.... It's just a long weekend to swap everything over

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144112066427?itmmeta=01HQN32XG5KVBKBHA0MFMRRE6W&hash=item218dbf9f7b:g:ODMAAOSw1pxg7YWr&itmprp=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwFWJAvvoAY3lx8sFLE0GeVauXB%2FI7XyAkHcFlKCHIwVQ7buXpCnhUb3BP7vX3PEeFzivOEEG%2FojL7t6Z7k523NVjX6iAo3j1lPnqb3VCny70j%2BV%2FTvKkr1SoyujRJ8S2OWL%2B%2B2qxLrzQPqE9Z6yH1Fath%2Bz%2FdhwD3YTZ3WnsQu6ycNQuhdXJvkjWYppO%2FAnMkVKENpulvGjLT9dA9BM00P8AbqaFII1IYzl7ABN94wNplTZUccSeuBXZbFQ%2Fta17Xg%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR5LYi6O9Yw