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A how to on cleaning a lubing your linkage bearings as well as some shop talk on when to, how often, and what makes them go bad.
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[@88adventures]

Guess I'll be greasing my bearings soon. Your channel is awesome. Helps that I own a yz125 and yz250 m

[@UpAllNight91]

Right on 👍

[@tndeere]

A week to late. I just did that to my sons 06 YZ125 I think it still has the original bearings in it.I dont even clean mine I just pack them with more grease but we are careful with the presure washer.I do the same thing with wheel bearings,pop the side cover off clean and replace the grease.look foward to the "no start " video had the same issue with a friends KDX Keihin.Start then would just die.Tore the carb down twice and it looked good but no luck?? Great job as always

[@UpAllNight91]

Thanks! Yeah packing grease in there works too. I do that with my swingarm bearings if I pull the motor out before 200 hours. Surely gotta be careful with the pressure washers. The KTMs are actually the worst at allowing water through the seals if a pressure washer is used too closely, even the wheel bearings on the KTM's.

[@albinojackrabbit]

Very interesting video. Thanks

[@UpAllNight91]

Your welcome, Thanks for watching!

[@rezkidgamingyt4725]

I just pull my bearings out last week and they all had grease I’ve got a Wr250f 2023 I have 110 hours now 3300km

[@UpAllNight91]

Nice!

[@butterytoast4836]

My CRF450RL linkage had a light layer of grease. It did its job but from now on it’s getting cleaned and greased yearly. However, my swingarm bearings were very dry and had light corrosion starting.

[@UpAllNight91]

Right on, yearly is not a bad idea.

[@hubexergaming8224]

Choosed your most recent video to just thank you for sharing your knowhow. I realy like how you explain everything and always show the reason for your decisions. Also feels so good how you try to always find a good camera Angle to show detail. You realy are a nice guy. Greetings from Germany.

[@UpAllNight91]

Ahh thanks! I truly appreciate that!. Thanks for watching and commenting all the way from Germany 🤙

[@caydenwilson707]

What’s your company name? I might need some 2 stroke help in the future!

[@UpAllNight91]

Hello. I work for myself, people know me as UpAllNight. You can always reach me at [e-mail]

[@NickSchoess]

Once again, thank you for the knowledge! Going to teardown my DR350 after this season and see how the linkage/stem bearings are doing. Everything feels okayish right now, but would love to refresh it and keep the bike in tip top shape

[@UpAllNight91]

Your welcome. For sure, saves money too. Them bearing are not cheap when they go bad lol

[@bradley7723]

Watching your video in my garage tinkering with a xr650l and now have guilt when i look over to my YZ426 and cant remember when I've relubed it's suspension. I know what im doing tomorrow night. Excellent video as usual. 🏜👍

[@UpAllNight91]

LoL, that's how I was feeling. I knew I had it planned to do it at 100 but crap now its at 125 hours and been being pushed off and off. dang it gotta do it lol

[@zachfarkash6430]

I don't know about them greasing them better now and days a lot of the new bikes that get pulled apart that I've seen have virtually 0 Greese in the linkage bearings. I would rather be safe than sorry. Especially purchasing a new bike. I would at least pull it apart and check.

[@keithalexander36]

Have not seen dry linkage bearings or any MX bearing dry unless water had entered and started breaking thing's down. been in over 1k for sure. The first guy here who makes a video of a new jap MX bike with completely dry bearings will personally receive a T-shirt of choice on my pocket.

[@UpAllNight91]

When new the grease is more of a clearer grease it can often look like there is not much but its more than it looks like. For me I will take the chance because it has saved me so much time.

[@michaelgarland579]

I took greese gun an put it on outside without taking it apart 2 weeks ago lectron carb doing good i want say my yz125 2003 apex head an lectron made it dangerous fast wow what a difference then when i first bought it stock head an mukui carb i think its apex head head mostly does make it faster an lectron added little more bike really running strong im impressed with it all most feels like 250 2 stroke all the money i put in it has finally worth it

[@UpAllNight91]

Right on, how dod you get the grease in the bearings without taking them apart?

[@michaelgarland579]

@@UpAllNight91 That's a good question.I just stuck it on from the outside pushing it into it I think I got it inthere an the front of bike where turn wheel I put it there too how many hours will I get out of my crank it looks new buy I put 50 hours on bike last 6 months I had it I clean airfilter every 3 rides an oil in gears I try take good care of it I do 25.1 like u I run bike hard an 3 gear slips sometimes u think I need new clutch plates I did change them 4 months ago I figured I burn them up by now lol slamming gears full throttle I given lectron carb he'll of abuse lol its holding up so far

[@UpAllNight91]

@@michaelgarland579 Crank can last a long time if treated right. These YZ125's cranks hold up well. I have 125 hours on mine and my wife has 325 on hers. The 3rd gear slipping might actually be the gear itself. If all the gears slip its the clutch, if only one gear slips its the transmission. Hope its not that though.

[@joelatkinson2080]

Another great video!!!

[@UpAllNight91]

Thanks Joel!

[@kenitsanoutragecandia3939]

Loving theses vids! My 2020 YZ125 came greased well. Took it apart to install a Yamalink lowing link after a couple rides. Then after install a few rides later a little play developed like you mentioned in the back wheel. I Torqed to spec, but am gonna tighten them up more to see if it helps. I don't trust my tourque wrench anyway she's old. I'll go by feel. My friends used to call me "The Human Tourqe Wrench" when working on their stuff so I'll be fine LOL. Thanks for these vids.

[@UpAllNight91]

Thanks! LoL, yeah nothing wrong with going by feel if you have a good feeling for it. That linkage bolt that goes through the swingarm is the one I find often needs a good amount of torque to keep it from having play.

[@dustin9035]

I use diesel to clean parts in a can / small bucket. It works just as well as gas but much safer to keep stored in the shop.

[@UpAllNight91]

Right! I would totally use diesel if I had some around. The gas I'm using is from bikes that had old gas in the tank so its free. But diesel is surely a better option.

[@mikekraz6193]

You don't TQ that shit???

[@UpAllNight91]

I didnt use a torque wrench, thats correct. But as I mentioned in the video if you need to the specs are in the manual. I been doing this for years and have a good feel for it.