Rear end play

[fuel80guy]

So i bought another fj1100 and was going over it and noticed up and down play on rear wheel.
On my other 1100 i had the same play and took rear end apart and im not convinced it is the bushing.
My first bike has some play in the small shock linkage that attaches to frame.
Not sure if anyone else has run into this before but id like some help from others who haveThanks rob

[rktmanfj]

Play at the rear wheel could be from the wheel bearings, swingarm pivot bearings, or shock linkage bushings.

No direct 1100 experience here, but IIRC, they have plain (nylon?) bushings in the linkage where the later models have needle bearings.  What makes you think it's not the bushings?  They're down in an area that sees the worst of the road debris and dirt.

Without disassembly, it's going to be more difficult to tell.



PS: Certain folks around here are going to be right disappointed in the content of this thread... jus' sayin'.    

[fuel80guy]

Both bikes have rear wheel play up and down.The first bike I removed swingarm and the bushing seems tight but there is play in shock linkage which attaches to frame.

[rktmanfj]

Have you considered disassembling the linkage to check it out?   

[FJ_Hooligan]

The shock linkages are a hardened collar running in a bronze outer bushing.

I've seen this before on an 1100 years ago.  With the bike on the centerstand, you can pick the rear wheel up about an inch?

I remember it being a shock issue (but I could be wrong).  If you have slop in ANY of the linkages, I'd start there.  Any movement in the linkage gets amplified at the rear wheel.

[fuel80guy]

I'm going to be doing the rear shock mod so that will eliminate shock play.

[Bones]

Mine had play in it as well, till I put a new shock on it. Good as gold now.

[Hersey289]

I experienced the same rear end play issue in my FJ1100 as well. My solution was to replace the 1100 linkage pieces using bushings with the '86-88 vintage 1200 linkage pieces using needle bearings (at least they can be greased). That got rid of some of the slop but not all of it. The remainder was in the plastic bushing on my Penske shock. I'll be resleeving it this winter.
Hope this helps,
Rob

[FJ1100mjk]

There's a couple of riders here that have R&R the bearings in the linkages. I think FJmonkey was one. There's information contained in their posts about the bearing part numbers and such.

Use the website's search engine, and with some digging, you'll find the posts from them and their work.

Good luck!

[gdfj12]

I for one am totally disappointed in the content of this thread, I thought it was going somewhere else totally different!! ;^)

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[rktmanfj]

PS: Certain folks around here are going to be right disappointed in the content of this thread... jus' sayin'.    

I for one am totally disappointed in the content of this thread, I thought it was going somewhere else totally different!! ;^)

See?     

I wasn't expecting it to be George, though.