ZS200GY-A rear suspension rebuild.

Kivi · 07-29-2017, 04:36 PM

Hi friends, here is the situation.
A while ago I disassembled rear suspension linkage, completely. I just cleaned it and lubricated it with grease. After I re-assembled it, and after some miles, I noticed that there is a free play in the linkage. There is play on several points on the linkage. I torqued all the bolts correctly, but no help.
Anyway, can I get some guides, suggestions, procedures to the rear suspension linkage rebuild?
Thanks.

Ariel Red Hunter · 07-29-2017, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Kivi

Hi friends, here is the situation.
A while ago I disassembled rear suspension linkage, completely. I just cleaned it and lubricated it with grease. After I re-assembled it, and after some miles, I noticed that there is a free play in the linkage. There is play on several points on the linkage. I torqued all the bolts correctly, but no help.
Anyway, can I get some guides, suggestions, procedures to the rear suspension linkage rebuild?
Thanks.

My first guess is the bushings in the links. These are vulkanized rubber, and they go bad after a time. Same idea as on the ends of telescoping car shock absorbers...ARH

pete · 07-30-2017, 05:27 AM

i wouldn't think there will be a bearing kit for it...
so your best bet would be to remove the needle races
and meassure them along with the seals..
New sleeves are going to be the hard bit to find.
hope you can find someone that sell the standard parts..

the hole they press into in the relay arm will give you there OD and the OD of
the sleeve wil give you the ID of the bearing..
just meassure there length..

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Kivi · 08-01-2017, 08:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pete

i wouldn't think there will be a bearing kit for it...
so your best bet would be to remove the needle races
and meassure them along with the seals..
New sleeves are going to be the hard bit to find.
hope you can find someone that sell the standard parts..

the hole they press into in the relay arm will give you there OD and the OD of
the sleeve wil give you the ID of the bearing..
just meassure there length..

..

Hey, Pete,
I an having trouble to understand with my poor English.
Is it possible that You wanted to say, instead of bold "sleeve", "needle race"??
So, to find new sleeves, I measure the OD of needle races and the ID of metal housing.
Are only the rings (or, name it, sleeves) changed, or the needle races also? Needle races are of hard material, while the sleeves are of messing or copper, I can not say for sure (softer metal anyway).
As I understand, there should be no play between needle races (through which the bolt goes) and the sleeves (or rings)?

07-29-2017, 04:36 PM	#1
Kivi Join Date: May 2017 Location: Serbia Posts: 217	ZS200GY-A rear suspension rebuild. Hi friends, here is the situation. A while ago I disassembled rear suspension linkage, completely. I just cleaned it and lubricated it with grease. After I re-assembled it, and after some miles, I noticed that there is a free play in the linkage. There is play on several points on the linkage. I torqued all the bolts correctly, but no help. Anyway, can I get some guides, suggestions, procedures to the rear suspension linkage rebuild? Thanks.
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07-30-2017, 05:27 AM	#3
pete Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: ChCh , NZ Posts: 2,261	i wouldn't think there will be a bearing kit for it... so your best bet would be to remove the needle races and meassure them along with the seals.. New sleeves are going to be the hard bit to find. hope you can find someone that sell the standard parts.. the hole they press into in the relay arm will give you there OD and the OD of the sleeve wil give you the ID of the bearing.. just meassure there length.. .. __________________ 09 XT660R ... 06 TTR250 ... 80 Montesa H6 125 Enduro... 77 Montesa Cota 348 MRR "Malcom Rathnell Replica"... Current resto projects.. 81 Honda CT110... 80 Kawasaki KL250A1... 11 Husaburg TE125 enduro... "sold" along with another 31... Lifan 125 Pitbike.. "stolen" ... KIWI BIKER FORUM...... http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/content.php All the best offroad rides in NZ... http://www.remotemoto.com/ E-mail... xtpete1@gmail.com Last edited by pete; 07-30-2017 at 06:08 AM.
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