Bob. I found wear and play on the large main pivot bolt and decided that
Yam probably didn't have the quality or the clearances close enough to
justify ordering a new one (and the bushing was still the correct size) so
I'm having the bolt hard chrome plated and machined to within 0.002"
clearance inside the bushing. Although because the bolt that connects the
relay arm to the frame (I stand corrected) also has considerable play inside
it's bushing (and the bushing seems to fit rather snugly between the
mounts), I've been thinking that the bolt probably only serves 1 function;
to squeeze the bushing tight between the mounts and then the bearing can
roll around the bushing. If the bushing is pivoting around the bolt then
something is wrong. If this logic is correct, then the tolerance between
the bushings and the mounts are important and should be minimal.
GWN
Daren
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Sent: May 5, 2001 6:56 PM
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Subject: Re: Rear Suspension - Relay Arm Questions
For those of you scoring at home, there are no suspension bolts, pivots of
any kind attached to or passing through the engine cases. I believe when
people say "engine cases" referring to rear suspension pivot points, they
really mean "frame." The GTS engine does not have any suspension related
hardware passing through it or integrally attached to it. (Dirt bike engines
come to mind as engines that have the front swing arm pivot bolt passing
through the engine cases)
On a similar note, as I am undertaking my annual preventative maintenance on
my suspension, I found corrosion on the long collar that is the inner
bearing
races for the front pivot axle of the rear swing arm. In the future, I will
be brushing a light coat of grease on the outside of this collar, which is
inside the front of the swing arm, to prevent corrosion build up there in
the
future.
RSRBOB
