MikeWalters
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I'm going to order one this week from our local dealer and see how much$.
Personally the steering slop is nothing I notice riding, but it is definitely bad so might as well try to fix er up.
Personally the steering slop is nothing I notice riding, but it is definitely bad so might as well try to fix er up.
MikeWalters
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Just got it on order. Will be here in about a week, and its about $40.00 CDN. Looking forward to putting this on. It's oil change time so might as well get this in there. I'll take a before and after "slop test" and post the vids up when I do it.
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Mike, the Yamaha kit or up? My new one has just as much play as my old 07 already.
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Mike, the Yamaha kit or up? My new one has just as much play as my old 07 already.
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Jeez how many km did you get On it?
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She currently has 1155kms. Last time out with Jamie (71rdrnr) we were compairing the slop. I'm not impressed.
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Hey is it normal to have quite a bit of up/down play on this part of the steering? It seems to be contributing to the overall sloppiness (my thumb is pointing to it). I got the collector apart and WOW its crazy how much play is this thing!
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MikeWalters
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Well here is the Yamaha kit installed, and like 20/80 said it takes care of 95% of the slop. The only area yamaha did not address is the vertical play that UPBushman fixes with his kit. So if you are in a rush or get a great deal on it dont be afraid of the Yamaha kit. They are Japanese bearings and heavy friggin duty. The instructions were confusing, because they were photocopied or something and so dark you could hardly make out the pictures. Basically you only retain the black metal bushings and the rest, including washers, are thrown out.
Time will tell if its durable. I don't think this is being installed on production sleds (yet?) because I cannot see how this would wear out. Dealer gave us a discount and paid $39.99 for it.
How much do you want to bet Yamaha had seen UPBushmans kit!? They are just a few years too late, like seriously they could not have come out with this kit in 2008??? At any rate a big thank-you to UPBushman for getting this issue solved!
Time will tell if its durable. I don't think this is being installed on production sleds (yet?) because I cannot see how this would wear out. Dealer gave us a discount and paid $39.99 for it.
How much do you want to bet Yamaha had seen UPBushmans kit!? They are just a few years too late, like seriously they could not have come out with this kit in 2008??? At any rate a big thank-you to UPBushman for getting this issue solved!
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How much was the yamaha kit? How difficult to install?
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So is the Yamaha kit a better fix than the UP kit. If a guy already had the UP would the Yami kit be already other upgrade? I have the UP kit and it helped but it always bothered me that I had to back off the torque to get it not to bind. No offense.
MikeWalters
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Id leave what you got. Yam kit is great but does not address any vertical play issues like UP's
Easy? You have to dissasemble the steering and most of the sled... Do it when you are changing oil or something to make it worth your while.
Easy? You have to dissasemble the steering and most of the sled... Do it when you are changing oil or something to make it worth your while.
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I had the same problem, I sanded down the plastic washer just a little bit and then I could torque it correctly.
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Well the warm weather projects begin, ordered 2 Kits from a Canada dealer . US dollar offset shipping !!!Yamaha has it's own kit for this now, at least here in Sweden.
Partnumber SMA-BEARI-NG-KT
It costs 379 SEK which is about $50.
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UPDATE
not sure if UP Bushman sells his kits anymore, but the Yamaha fix that has the SMA bearings.... is not great. I probably put on 500km on mine last year. I have it apart now getting ready for winter, and I was surprised at how sloppy it got. Better than the original stuff, yes. But not great by any means
. Maybe I'll take a vid of the play I have and post it up.
Looks like the bearings just dont fit tight enough into the steering collector, tiny bit of room and they can rock side to side
not sure if UP Bushman sells his kits anymore, but the Yamaha fix that has the SMA bearings.... is not great. I probably put on 500km on mine last year. I have it apart now getting ready for winter, and I was surprised at how sloppy it got. Better than the original stuff, yes. But not great by any means
. Maybe I'll take a vid of the play I have and post it up.Looks like the bearings just dont fit tight enough into the steering collector, tiny bit of room and they can rock side to side
MikeWalters
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Here I am just pulling one ski side-to-side with the Yamaha kit:
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