I agree with the comments of doing it yourself, not that difficult.
Take off the rear wheel - it will give you more room and check the swing
arm play - this is the most likely culprit as RS Bob points out.
But the real trick set up is while you have the bearings out of the
shock linkages, drill and tap holes in each and install zirk fittings.
You have to be selective of where you drill so the zirk fittings are at
an angle you can get a grease gun on them when everything (but the rear
wheel) is installed.
Everytime I change my rear wheel, these bearings get greased without
having to disassemble. It's the only way you will get any life out of
them without doing it the hard way every 10K miles or so.
When I first did it when the bike had only 1,700 miles on it they were
dry and starting to show signs of slight scoring.
--
Dave Biasotti // Fremont, CA
93 GTS-1000 // 83 Honda CX650Turbo
> Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 22:42:17 -0500
> From: Mark Bergman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: hosed
>
> In your message dated: Thu, 08 Feb 2001 21:29:30 EST,
> your pithy ruminations on <hosed> were:
> => Hiya Folks......After a joyful meeting of GTSers here in N. Virginia last
> => Sunday it was discovered that my 1994 GTS with 21k has excess bearing play
> => on
> => the rear shock relay arm assembly. The Horror! (Col. Kurtz style). Is
> => replacing the 5 individual bearings in the relay assembly something the
> => average rider should attempt or is it better left to the proffesionals? The
> => cost (via mail order for 4 of the bearings is $16.00
> => and the fifth is $19.00. The cost according to poweride ( the local dealer)
> => Labor wise to remove the rear shock is $150.00 For the linkage rebuild
>
> Hah! Removing the rear shock is a fairly easy home job--no special tools needed.
> Basic procedure:
>
> park the bike with the centerstand on something (some 1x4s?) to
> raise the bike and get a little more working room
>
> wedge up the rear wheel (some 2x4s?) to take the weight off the
> shock
>
> remove the various shock bolts
>
> skin your knuckles working the shock out
>
> Total time (assuming you've got a good socket set, some large open-end metric
> wrenches, and are comfortable with this kind of work) is about 1:30.
>
> => $240.00 labor. Has anybody been able to repack and tighten the linkage up to
> => specs. and achieve the desired results?
>
> I didn't do the shock bearings myself, but you'd have to take the linkages off
> the bike (another :45?), then drive out the old bearings, and drive in the new
> ones. I'd guess another hour or so. I've done wheel bearings & such on other
> bikes, so that's my guess.
>
> I don't think that any individual piece of the job is that hard, but then
> again, I haven't done the whole thing.
>
>
