Landoman
Extreme
Nope - but you can carefully remove the outer seal, clean them and repack them if they look good still. Or you can buy new ones as long as you are that far.
lasrtim
Veteran
Thanks! I was thinking I was going blind. I have about 1100 miles, what are people seeing for replacement, roughly? 
Landoman
Extreme
On my RX1 - 6000 miles with no maintenance on them at all. I learned the hard way to check these yearly along with your spring check list.
tkuss
TY 4 Stroke Junkie
7000 miles on my apex. Just had dealer, replace the bearing under the speedo, said the other one was still in good shape, I will grease it every couple thousand miles.(dont know if it is the drive shaft or jack shaft), I blew the bearing on 3 wheels in suspension, so dealer installed new ones and checked and replaced the old ones if necessary. Also I lost a ton of track clips so they put new ones on as well. I am going to change the oil and bushings my self, also send my shocks in to get rebuilt. Yamaha picked up the tab for the wheels that blew off, the speedo bearing and an hour of labor and it still cost me over 600$. I am no mechanic but believe I could of did the work myself given if I had the time, tools and space to do it. But I am happy Yamaha picked up the tab for some of it when really everything replaced was wear items. Plus I figure if I only have to stick about 1000$ into the sled every 7000 miles I will be in good shape. I don't want to stop anyone from doing maintenance on your sled, heck I wish I could do all the maintenance on my own sled, but for certain problems and if you have a good dealer along with the YES warranty, yamaha will pay for things like the exhaust donuts going bad and maybe some other things as well. At least they did for me. So call Yamaha up and ask if they can help you out at all with the parts, the worst they can say is no.
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Do you have to remove the track to change the drive axle bearing?
BA APEX
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what is the number on the jack & drive bearings? I am changing my track and will also change the bears. if they are still good I may regrease them and sve them for the next change.
i plan on:
changing track
studing track (144 up middle)
change jack 7 drive bearings
new donuts
change oil
change filter
replacing any idlers that need it
silverstar ultras (may sell my silverstar regulars)
may replace slides
may do 1 washer headlight mod
i plan on:
changing track
studing track (144 up middle)
change jack 7 drive bearings
new donuts
change oil
change filter
replacing any idlers that need it
silverstar ultras (may sell my silverstar regulars)
may replace slides
may do 1 washer headlight mod
tkuss
TY 4 Stroke Junkie
BA APEX said:what is the number on the jack & drive bearings? I am changing my track and will also change the bears. if they are still good I may regrease them and sve them for the next change.
i plan on:
changing track
studing track (144 up middle)
change jack 7 drive bearings
new donuts
change oil
change filter
replacing any idlers that need it
silverstar ultras (may sell my silverstar regulars)
may replace slides
may do 1 washer headlight mod
Just curious but how long do you suspect the work you want to do on the sled to take you. A good weekend, or will you just spread out over summer?
Landoman
Extreme
You do not have to remove the track to change the drive shaft bearing on the clutch side.
- Loosen the track off all the way
- Remove set screws from the bearing (they have to be removed so it will slide through the bearing retainer in the chassis)
- Pull the upper and lower side panel, secondary clutch, belt, speedo "gear", and the nuts holding the bearing retainer to the chassis
- Place the new bearing somewhere within reach, ready to install
- While holding the drive shaft in position, slip off the old bearing and slip on the new one
- Bolt everything back together and adjust and align track tension
If you catch the bearing before it breaks - this job is easy. If not, you may end up taking apart the chaincase and all that comes with it.
Do a search for Speedometer Bearing or Driveshaft Bearing here and you will find more than enough info on how to change it.
- Loosen the track off all the way
- Remove set screws from the bearing (they have to be removed so it will slide through the bearing retainer in the chassis)
- Pull the upper and lower side panel, secondary clutch, belt, speedo "gear", and the nuts holding the bearing retainer to the chassis
- Place the new bearing somewhere within reach, ready to install
- While holding the drive shaft in position, slip off the old bearing and slip on the new one
- Bolt everything back together and adjust and align track tension
If you catch the bearing before it breaks - this job is easy. If not, you may end up taking apart the chaincase and all that comes with it.
Do a search for Speedometer Bearing or Driveshaft Bearing here and you will find more than enough info on how to change it.
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you should install the tunnel supports that go in the rear of the tunnel behind the rear skid mounting bolts, the 06s didn't have them and the tunnel may bend if the shock goes bad or if you bottom it out hard. they are about $100 and easy to install. look at a 07 or newer and you will see what i'm talking about. if you can't get info for parts from dealer pm me and i'll hook ya up.
