BumbleDB
Active member
WIth 34K miles and a shot rear tire, I figured it was time to grease the rear swing arm and components.
I had done this on the fz1 with little difficulty about a year ago, and found it to be in real need of lube
with only ~24K on the clock.
So, after much work, I get the swing arm off and try to pull the relay arm. Crap, can't pull the bolt out
without removing the center stand. Hmmm.... Do I really need to do this? Better check the relay arm
bearings. Crap, the grease has literally turned into rubber. Really... I'm not making this up. I've never
seen grease turn into what this has. Maybe it's some kind of new lube I've never heard of? I've seen
old grease get hard, but this is really.... like rubber packed in between the needle bearings.
The yammi manual shows regular grease!
Okay, so I rig up the bike on my engine hoist and raise it off the center stand. Go to remove the center
stand, and CRAP!!!! You cannot remove the 2 of the bolts unless you remove the exhaust. I did not say
cans, I said exhaust! If yammi had put those two bolts in the other way, no problem.
Sooooo...... unless someone can tell me how to get the relay arm out without removing the complete
exhaust, one of the relay arm bearings will be left to turn to dust. Just so you don't have to reference the
manual, the relay arm is the aluminum 3 point connector from the lower shock to the frame.
Took a break and went out to be sure that I'm not missing something, got the bright idea that I might
be able to swing the center stand braces out of the way, but that's a no go too.
Someone has to have done this before.
Any good ideas?
I had done this on the fz1 with little difficulty about a year ago, and found it to be in real need of lube
with only ~24K on the clock.
So, after much work, I get the swing arm off and try to pull the relay arm. Crap, can't pull the bolt out
without removing the center stand. Hmmm.... Do I really need to do this? Better check the relay arm
bearings. Crap, the grease has literally turned into rubber. Really... I'm not making this up. I've never
seen grease turn into what this has. Maybe it's some kind of new lube I've never heard of? I've seen
old grease get hard, but this is really.... like rubber packed in between the needle bearings.
The yammi manual shows regular grease!
Okay, so I rig up the bike on my engine hoist and raise it off the center stand. Go to remove the center
stand, and CRAP!!!! You cannot remove the 2 of the bolts unless you remove the exhaust. I did not say
cans, I said exhaust! If yammi had put those two bolts in the other way, no problem.
Sooooo...... unless someone can tell me how to get the relay arm out without removing the complete
exhaust, one of the relay arm bearings will be left to turn to dust. Just so you don't have to reference the
manual, the relay arm is the aluminum 3 point connector from the lower shock to the frame.
Took a break and went out to be sure that I'm not missing something, got the bright idea that I might
be able to swing the center stand braces out of the way, but that's a no go too.
Someone has to have done this before.
Any good ideas?