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04 YZ450 SHOCK REMOVAL.

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  • September 5, 2013 at 12:08 am #103214

    Nathan Heather
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    I am giving a mate a hand to remove his shock to get serviced and before I start it is it as simple as the gasser where I removed the two mount bolts and slide it out or is there more to it?

    Nato

    September 5, 2013 at 12:53 am #249304

    scott bocking
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    Because of the linkage setup it will not slide through. Remove top and bottom bolts, undo the sub frame and bend the sub frame towards the left of the bike and pull the shock up and out. This saves having to pull the boot on your airbox.

    STM

    September 5, 2013 at 1:01 am #249308

    Greg
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    Pull the swingarm and pull it through the bottom is another way. This will also give you a chance to grease and inspect swingarm bearings etc. I can tell you, you can have the greatest and worlds best shock but unless you have good greased moving pivot points you dont get the best from your suspension.

    Given it is an 04 model it could be overdue :whistle:

    TB

    September 5, 2013 at 9:19 am #249309

    Dean
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    Trailboss wrote:
    Pull the swingarm and pull it through the bottom is another way. This will also give you a chance to grease and inspect swingarm bearings etc. I can tell you, you can have the greatest and worlds best shock but unless you have good greased moving pivot points you dont get the best from your suspension.

    Given it is an 04 model it could be overdue :whistle:

    TB

    +1

    The steel frame yz’s and WR’s were notorious for seizing up on the Swing Arm shaft, I would remove the whole swingarm ;)

    Ollie

    September 5, 2013 at 9:42 am #249305

    Aaron Wilde
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    One of my mates 04 wr450 snapped a linkage arm because it was never serviced. I replaced all the bearings in my WR as they were all totally rusted. My guess is that most of them will be in throw away state. Probably an obvious statement but make sure you can get your hands on a new set of bearings quickly as I had to wait with the bike on bits. :(

    September 5, 2013 at 7:18 pm #249321

    Nathan Heather
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    Thanks guys i will get him to order a bearing kit then. He can source it :) Thanks for the replys.

    Nato.

    September 5, 2013 at 8:19 pm #249306

    ian
    Member

    i do my bikes every 6 months with a grease at singarm pivot and linkage bolts this is a problem for any bike, the cr i rebuilt i had to put the frame into a press to push the swingarm bolt out it was that siezed up,
    for the cost of a couple of cans of bourban and a cartridge of grease on a friday night every 6 months its a simple but effective part of your maintenance

    September 5, 2013 at 11:55 pm #249307

    Damien Bonora
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    +1 every six months, or, if the other half is cranky, every second friday night 😆

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