hello everyone and happy new year ! so i bought a 250 for parts and i stripped it down and had gotten the frame powder coated and am going to swap everything over from my quad, and on the parts quad i had noticed that instead of needle bearings in the a arms it had a nylon slug no bearings at all has anyone ever come across this and does anyone use them ?

No the frame is a 89!

Atvbushings.com sells urethane bushings with steel sleeves. That's what I'm running they are supposed to have a much longer life than bearings. Good price for the entire kit also.

How long have you been running bushings?

I have a 92 and my a-arms don't have needle bearings in them either. Just the metal slugs 2 in each hole. Is this normal for my year or did someone change them out for these.

I might give the nylon ones that were in it a try then they have the washer and the dust caps and as far as i could tell they had no play in them , I'm just wondering if the nylon ones would restrict or hinder the a arm movement in anyway that would be noticeable !

I just took apart my front suspension and noticed that some of the bearings in the a-arms are completely obliterated. I was wondering if I could use a old long-neck socket and 5 pound hammer to knock the old bearings out of the a-arms. That's what I did to knock out the ball-joints, oh yeah, I need new ball-joints too :\ I also noticed that the previous owner drilled a couple of holes on one of the lower a-arms, I guess he was planning to install zerk fittings but he didn't. That's the a-arm with no bearings at all.....I'm gonna check out the bushings

im not a fan of urethane bushings for suspension. my opinion is dont use them. they squeak stick and will **** you off a week of use later. spend your coins wisely. advertisement will make you believe your getting a better product for less. your not.

Hell, I've got urethane bushings with crush sleeves on my DJM control arms for my truck. Of course, the arms do come with zerk fittings for maintenance. However, I think all you would have to do for maintenance on a quad with urethane bushings is take the bolts out of the a-arms and splooge some grease in there periodically. I mean, if you want to ride the quad as much as you can without it falling apart due to maintenance

Well, that's very mint. I didn't think the bushings kit came with zerk fittings. I just ordered a kit and I'm pretty handy with a tap and dye set, so all I have to do is wait. That and all new ball-joints are on the way too. Plus, I just got all the a-arms and spindles disassembled and degreased, hopefully I won't have any trouble sandblasting them at work this week if I'm not too busy. I still got to see if I can get my YFZ front shocks' upper holes milled down. While I get the whole front suspension all spiffed up and complete, I'm gonna do some touching up on the front section of the frame. Got some rust spots, so I'll probably just either sand them down or spray some of that RustFix crap on there, scuff up the rest, and spray some Ford blue engine paint on it. Yeah, it's kind of a jangly job but I'll go over the whole bike some winter and redo everything once I have a bigger place to do all that.