Lower ball joint bulletin out this week 20oct08: got mine on

[RADNYTROFX]

FYI

my dealer said that yamaha is putting a lower ball joint bulletin out this week. my dealer put the new lower ball joints on my sled yesterday.
my ball joints only had 300 miles on them but they replaced them anyways even though they were not shot yet.

 

[fxnytrortx3]

thats good because i took my a-arms off of my sled to get powder coated and found out that both of my lower ball joints are shot. they had about an 1/8 in. of slop up and down. i am really glad that i took apart my front end cuz i prolly wouldn't have noticed it.

darren

 

[clicker_clit]

Can someone place the official bulletin on here when it comes out. My dealer will not respond to anything I here on the internet.

 

[Phyxius74]

I already got my lower balljoints replaced under warranty but there´s still nothing about a bulletin on the official hompage yet.

http://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/fmc/home.aspx

 

[devil]

thats good because i took my a-arms off of my sled to get powder coated and found out that both of my lower ball joints are shot. they had about an 1/8 in. of slop up and down. i am really glad that i took apart my front end cuz i prolly wouldn't have noticed it.

darren

i found the same thing, same reason too, getting them coated. i checked them before and didn't catch it, then when i was taking them apart i noticed over 1/8 of play on the one lower balljoint, 'only' 1/16 or so in the other. so this morning i'm gonna have fun seeing what the dealer says.

 

[Blu2U2]

I just put a call into my dealer to check and see if this is true??? Thanks!

 

[lucky_7]

I just called mine and they have not heard of this yet. Let's hope so, because my right side is shot.

 

[sheetwright]

Does the should still have to be taken down some? Did they just beef up the balljoint itself? Why take thing apart twice, and have to keep buying new Yamaha lock nuts
:exc:

 

[EsonPZ]

Does the should still have to be taken down some? Did they just beef up the balljoint itself? Why take thing apart twice, and have to keep buying new Yamaha lock nuts
:exc:

They are talking about the lower balljoints.

 

[kingedwards99]

Balljoints

Is it hard to change them yourself? Is there any tricks we should know?

 

[BLUEBALLER]

Re: Balljoints

Is it hard to change them yourself? Is there any tricks we should know?

Not too hard - I used a c-clamp and a little homemade puller to R&R mine. the 3 tick marks go down - towards the c-clip.

Puller consisted of threaded rod, couple of nuts, and an aluminum plate - worked great!

 

[sheetwright]

Does the should still have to be taken down some? Did they just beef up the balljoint itself? Why take thing apart twice, and have to keep buying new Yamaha lock nuts
:exc:

They are talking about the lower balljoints.

Let's just say I wasn't paying attention in class. SO they put me on the small bus today

 

[BooBoo]

Just got mine back sat. It was covered under warranty

 

[AKrider]

From what I've heard, the replacement ball joints are not much better than the original ones. We'll know in a few months after guys get some time on them.

 

[Nikolai]

That would suck because the pricey greasable ones from ER Yamaha weren't much better. By the end of the year they had a ton of slop.

Supposedly Zbroz is coming out with spindles and a-arms. If the 09 ball joints fail it looks like this is the next best option...though spendy.