Hello all,
After dropping off the motor to my mechanic friend to be ripped apart, burnt valve or rings replaced, I decided to rip apart the rear shock linkages for a re-grease and tidy up. Well..... needless to say I need all new bushes, o' rings, in fact it looks like a total refurbish of the linkage arms.
I phoned the local Yamaha dealer today for a price check, as you can imagine I would have to sell an organ.
Who of you out there know where I can get these bits for a decent price?
I would appreciate ANY help.
cheers, Gareth
Try RPM (http://rpmracingca.com/) first and see what Randy has to offer.
My two ยข.
/Nat
Already tried.
I sent RPM a message to see if he could recommend a supplier or head me in the right direction.
good luck mate, ive only asked yamaha and a few sellers on ebay, just the linkage bushing for the lower arm are $185
I have replaced the needle bearings in my 86' (same as 84/85) last year. The larger of the two 18x25x20mm are a rare size but can be found. I ordered mine from Kaman, took a week and was the same price for a pack of 5 then it was for 2. I sent 2 off to chocker so I still have one floating around.
Probably cheaper to do the F4i shock swap...
I have not seen any needle bearings yet, can I use later year parts to replace the bushes with? Is kaman an online store?
Otherwise, from the condition of my parts, I basically need all the parts listed in the two photos.
I have found some secondhand linkages, maybe they have better condition bits, might be worth a risk as they are fairly cheap.
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Images courtesy of
http://www.fjcatalogue.com/bearing.html (http://www.fjcatalogue.com/bearing.html)
Parts 4 and 5 are the needle/roller bearings I swapped out.
Kaman (https://ec.kamandirect.com/us/index.jsp)
Randy should have access to the OEM parts through Yamaha. And he charges a better price than going to the stealer.
Gents,
living in Brisbane I understand how expensive FJ parts cost if you have to go retail. Anyway what I can not get from RPM (who is awesome for info and parts) I get from www.Partshark (http://www.partshark)...they sell all OEM parts and at a very good price. UPS tracked out of the states..takes about 3 weeks to get here but worth the wait..All the best :good:
Welcome dayta, its always good to have additional part sources, thanks.
www.partshark.com (http://www.partshark.com) works better
Quote from: dayta on December 05, 2012, 06:47:21 AM
Gents,
living in Brisbane I understand how expensive FJ parts cost if you have to go retail. Anyway ...
Dayta! Dayta!...where you bin hide`n?...just added ya to me buddy list....You lucky thing. :hi:
Quote from: mr blackstock on December 05, 2012, 05:46:58 AM
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If you really need the relay arm, I have one, NOS.
Though it might take a few days to find it, as I have just moved and have a three-bay garage stacked full of stuff. It'd be enough to make David R. scream! :shout: