RPGR90s
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I've had a set of Yacugar E-RS shocks on my 1150RT for a few years and have been happy with their performance.
Last summer at the Hamburg rally, I noticed the rear end was squeaking in relation to suspension movement. I rode it home and disassembled the rear shock, cleaned both upper and lower eyelets and greased the mounting bolts. The squeaking was eliminated and it lasted through the fall.
Fast forward to this spring, the noise returned so this time, I took it all apart again, inspected the lower bushing to find that they use a spherical bearing and it's sealed from dirt and moisture with o-rings. I disassembled it anyway, cleaned the crud out of it, made sure the o-rings were good and applied a very thin smear of moly grease and re-assembled. And like magic, the noise is gone again.
I went out for a 50 mile ride on Sunday and to my chagrin, the noise is back once again.
I should note that the shocks have about 30k on them but were rebuilt 5k ago, per the 25k service spec (The Beemershop)
Has anyone had this same trouble?
Would you just replace the spherical bearings?
http://www.beemershop.com/Merchant5/graphics/00000001/ERS SERIES HPA REAR 500X750_398x600.jpg
Last summer at the Hamburg rally, I noticed the rear end was squeaking in relation to suspension movement. I rode it home and disassembled the rear shock, cleaned both upper and lower eyelets and greased the mounting bolts. The squeaking was eliminated and it lasted through the fall.
Fast forward to this spring, the noise returned so this time, I took it all apart again, inspected the lower bushing to find that they use a spherical bearing and it's sealed from dirt and moisture with o-rings. I disassembled it anyway, cleaned the crud out of it, made sure the o-rings were good and applied a very thin smear of moly grease and re-assembled. And like magic, the noise is gone again.
I went out for a 50 mile ride on Sunday and to my chagrin, the noise is back once again.
I should note that the shocks have about 30k on them but were rebuilt 5k ago, per the 25k service spec (The Beemershop)
Has anyone had this same trouble?
Would you just replace the spherical bearings?
http://www.beemershop.com/Merchant5/graphics/00000001/ERS SERIES HPA REAR 500X750_398x600.jpg