Living in the pnw i have to do this every year to be safe. Sooo much rain and soo many puddles it will kill bearings! Great video!
@vegasromaniac3 жыл бұрын
Yeah I've ignored it for too long
@MrCheaterpipe3 жыл бұрын
If you have a drill and taps you can install grease zerks on all of those components that way instead of tearing the whole thing apart you can just hit it all with a grease gun instead will take about 2 minutes to grease everything instead of a couple hours
@vegasromaniac3 жыл бұрын
I had them on the drz , they worked well , but i think the yamaha deserve a little bit of attention from Time to time
@painsrides36163 жыл бұрын
I lube my chassis and suspension bearings regularly. In fact, I recently purchased a Husky TE250 with 90 hours on it...the 1st thing I did was tear it down to get a look at the bearings and load them up with Maxima WP grease. Here in wet New England it is just part of taking care of my machine....
@vegasromaniac3 жыл бұрын
True that man . It's a must
@justinsavs3 жыл бұрын
Every 100 hours is when I do mine. If you're at 260 hours you might as well just replace the bearings
@MXJEFF943 жыл бұрын
Exactly
@01AceAlpha3 жыл бұрын
A lot less work and money to just clean and grease them regularly than to replace all the bearings and races!
@justinsavs3 жыл бұрын
@@01AceAlpha Right. But at 260 hours and not touched them once.... yeahh peace of mind would be just to do them. I've done it so many times on many bikes that it's pretty easy and painless to just replace them if they were mistreated after a while.
@vegasromaniac3 жыл бұрын
I ordered the bad ones , takes 2 weeks to get them
@TheCharillz233 жыл бұрын
That rusty one looks like every bearing after a year in my neck of the woods! Nice rebuild video..
@vegasromaniac3 жыл бұрын
That's crazy , it must be wet where you live
@mxoldtimer4braaappp8583 жыл бұрын
Took my new 2021 yz250fx apart before I even rode it to grease everything, rear linkage and steering head...there was almost no grease in it. so glad I did !!
@vegasromaniac3 жыл бұрын
You saved yourself a cool 100 bucks man .. that's how much I spent to get those parts and they still didn't arrive yet
@buckettheadjones29353 жыл бұрын
Good choice. I have had several different brands and they're all the same. Cheep on the grease. Highly recommend taking everything apart and grease within the first couple of months. Might even learn a little about your bike.
@shinyribs21783 жыл бұрын
PDS is my hero. I love not having linkage to fool with anymore!
@vegasromaniac3 жыл бұрын
i can see a huge advantage there
@shinyribs21783 жыл бұрын
@@vegasromaniac Well, I'm currently down waiting on swingarm pivot bearings to come in, so nothing is bulletproof.
@vegasromaniac3 жыл бұрын
@@shinyribs2178 true that ... You use it it breaks
@DirtBikingwithDonnie3 жыл бұрын
Nicely done. I had to clean up some rusty ones like that on chases bike once just to get through a weekend. The Moose kit to replace all of those bearings is pretty cheap.
@vegasromaniac3 жыл бұрын
I got the yamaha parts , one bearing kit was 80 bucks ...
@localenterprisebroadcastin59713 жыл бұрын
People will spend all kinds of money getting their suspension “dialed” for something that can be done easily from home 😂...fact is MOST dealerships charge you for the pre-delivery service and DON’T do it (or at least all of it) I used to work for a Yamaha dealer and I know what the factory requirements for lubricants are before you sell the bike to a customer...bottom line there’s a good chance your bike has NEVER had the correct lubrication from the factory because it’s the dealerships job to make the bike ride ready...whatever lube is in the axles and linkage was just to prevent rust in shipping
@JohnnyApplepie3 жыл бұрын
Fair, but most people can't really re-valve their suspension at home though.
@vegasromaniac3 жыл бұрын
That's crazy well that's what I had I guess
@localenterprisebroadcastin59713 жыл бұрын
@@JohnnyApplepie agreed but many times it’s not even necessary in the first place was my point
@kenbob99533 жыл бұрын
VR~ Welcome back to the U.S. enjoyed your home remodel abroad but, your motorcycle vids are more on page with the average motorcyclist. KUDOS! Glad i stayed as a subscriber. In theory you should of had one more sock to use for cleaning. haha! kenbob CDSR
@vegasromaniac3 жыл бұрын
Very happy to have you here man ....
@azdesertdog3 жыл бұрын
I did the WR when it was brand new. Not much grease from the factory. I packed them with some waterproof grease. Still going strong. I hate needle bearings. It's like a bad version of jenga.
@vegasromaniac3 жыл бұрын
Haha i would check if I were you check again
@vasilisdedes51003 жыл бұрын
In my bike (2019 Gas Gas EC 300) needles do not come out and this is really handy cleaning and lubricating them. I think that every 100 up to 120 hours they should be maintained.
@vegasromaniac3 жыл бұрын
Hell yeah that sounds better
@gilbertreeves20843 жыл бұрын
Vegas..Good stuff..great background tune...just reminds me of what I havent done...Yet.
@vegasromaniac3 жыл бұрын
Hey , till yesterday i was exactly like you now I'm 80 dollars poorer but smarter ... Hopefully
@jordanpetersen86903 жыл бұрын
I'd like this again if I could. The new sock made me laugh 😂
@vegasromaniac3 жыл бұрын
Socks are awesome ..
@thumbgas8883 жыл бұрын
Bro yamaha is cheap on the grease, check your head steering bearings they are dry too,mine had very little grease on them from factory its ridiculous, great video man
@vegasromaniac3 жыл бұрын
Yeah I've done those a while back .. but this i forgot and ignored to check for way too long
@thumbgas8883 жыл бұрын
@@vegasromaniac at least you catched it before they collapsed then it would've been bad lol
@biketothetop3 жыл бұрын
Nice show and tell...CAUTION: rubber seal material may not be compatible with the brake cleaner. I'm glad my KTM 500 only has a single pivot swing arm/shock assy... less bearings to worry about🤓 Definitely no fun hunting for needle bearings on the floor... at least if anyone else attempts to do this work, they'll be forewarned from your video.
@vegasromaniac3 жыл бұрын
Yeah , less things to worry about .. way to many hearings here
@UncleSarkis3 жыл бұрын
Thanks you very much for sharing your maintenance.
@vegasromaniac3 жыл бұрын
Sharing My mistake .. so others can learn from it
@carloslopes15053 жыл бұрын
I've done the same to my wr250z, replace and grease all off the bearings
@vegasromaniac3 жыл бұрын
That's a great idea
@johnchafin38173 жыл бұрын
I had to replace the bearings on my CRF250X recently.
@vegasromaniac3 жыл бұрын
Yeah mine is in the mail
@hexhead57323 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the lube maintenance video
@vegasromaniac3 жыл бұрын
Yeah you got o lube man, or it hurts
@doubledown93333 жыл бұрын
All the back end bearings and collars make a difference to how tight the bike feels, i think.
@vegasromaniac3 жыл бұрын
Well mine is loose haha
@billcotton15513 жыл бұрын
Great advice Vegas!
@vegasromaniac3 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@NARINORACING15 күн бұрын
Video is epic
@oleksandrkozyr24343 жыл бұрын
Solid content buddy, hi from New Mexico!
@vegasromaniac3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching my friend from the other side of the bon existing wall that mexico didn't pay for it ...
@blacklight44603 жыл бұрын
@@vegasromaniac The wall is mostly there, pendejo. No socialista!
@_WebersWorld3 жыл бұрын
I take them all out with a pick clean with wd40 them apply grease and needles stick too the grease no issue slow and steady!
@vegasromaniac3 жыл бұрын
Great that you do it , i wish I had that much brain .. now i had to buy 80 dollars worth of parts
@oleksandrkozyr24343 жыл бұрын
I’ve got to check my klr swingarm bearings soon. I can see small play when I bang on rear wheel.
@vegasromaniac3 жыл бұрын
Yeah .. do that
@ADVNevada3 жыл бұрын
Nice. That's pretty much the way I do it.
@vegasromaniac3 жыл бұрын
Awesome , why you didn't remind me ? To do it ?
@ADVNevada3 жыл бұрын
@@vegasromaniac ha, this video reminded me I need to do it.
@vegasromaniac3 жыл бұрын
@@ADVNevada haha well you can buy me a beer later
@ADVNevada3 жыл бұрын
@@vegasromaniac right on.
@harrynut30443 жыл бұрын
Lube is good. Nobody likes a dry hole.
@vegasromaniac3 жыл бұрын
Haha
@isafelayt1210 Жыл бұрын
Does the rear suspension linkage play a role to make the bike drive??
@Minionmoto5293 жыл бұрын
I am ging to have to do that with my bike soon but it's just like uhg, i have barely enough space to do so.
@vegasromaniac3 жыл бұрын
Yeah it's a must man
@lucasmonks57673 жыл бұрын
Good videos thanks
@vegasromaniac3 жыл бұрын
Glad you are here bud
@oldroscoe25903 жыл бұрын
Can you drill a hole, tap and put grease zerks in those things? Asking for a .... actually just why they don't already have zerks.
@01AceAlpha3 жыл бұрын
Why not? I believe Cam Niemela rebuilt his cr250 and used, I think, a swing arm shaft that had a grease fitting in it to deliver grease.
@vegasromaniac3 жыл бұрын
The drz had that but yamaha doesn't .. don't know why ..