Shock Bushings

[yamaha06]

Has anyone replaced the bushings / collars in there shocks? I have 15,000km on my sled and are currently getting the shocks freshened up, I noticed there is a bit of play in the front shocks. The skid shocks also seem to have a bit of slight play. I was just wondering if anyone knew of aftermarket bushings and collars available as the ones from Yamaha seem the be quite expensive. I also noticed a bit of play in the bracket below where it attaches to the skid rails but it doesn't appear to have any bushings in it, just that shaft. I am not sure if it is common to have slight play there, don't really want to spend the money on replacing things I may not need to.

 

[jonlafon1]

They have SOME play in them.. I clean and run a light waterproof grease on mine. I could see where they wear after big miles.. Maybe reach out to Cannondale and see if he can help you out with parts or advice on shock "stuff"

 

[WinderFab]

#32 is normal to have some play, wouldn’t worry about it.

 

[WinderFab]

I did change my centre shock lower bushing though as I had quite a bit of play on mine, pretty sure I got it from hygear and supposed to be better than stock.

 

[jonlafon1]

I did change my centre shock lower bushing though as I had quite a bit of play on mine, pretty sure I got it from hygear and supposed to be better than stock.

I use one that's almost like a rubber material on the center shock .lower

 

[1nc 2000]

Grease the fittings every week that I ride.
Metal on metal needs grease to last more than one winter.
I leave my grease gun on top of my work bench all winter and it only takes a few minutes to grab it and lube up the fittings.

 

[WinderFab]

 

[jonlafon1]

Grease the fittings every week that I ride.
Metal on metal needs grease to last more than one winter.
I leave my grease gun on top of my work bench all winter and it only takes a few minutes to grab it and lube up the fittings.

Are you speaking of the shock bushings? If so do you remove them and grease?

 

[1nc 2000]

Have to manually take apart and grease those.
I am talking about both lower arm pivots.
No bushings, just grease or metal on metal.
Like what is circled in red on post #1.

 

[Sevey]

If anything wears in the part you circled - its the shaft. The tube of the scissor is made of steel and is fairly tough.

The lower scissor is fairly resiliant. The upper scissor - the shaft is supported by two bushings at the end of the scissor tube - these should be looked at once in awhile and likely replaced, you will see the corresponding wear on the shaft as well. Both easy things to replace.

I have similar mileage on my sled, if you keep the grease flowing, they seem to hold up fairly well.
MS

 

[74Nitro]

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This one works good? My center shaft is destroyed already from premature stock bushing fail.

 

[WinderFab]

This one works good? My center shaft is destroyed already from premature stock bushing fail.

After the first year on my 20 I switched out the lower shaft with the BOP one and noticed the bushing was loose and worn on the new shaft so I replaced it with the hygear bushing, about 6k on it now and it’s still looking good.