I will be replacing the rear carrier brarings on my zills tomorrow. Any tips. Also does it matter which way the axle slides out of the carrier.--towards sproket-or rotor?
I also have swing arm off. Will be replacing all bearings and seals in swinger and cushon lever. That cushon lever looks complicated. I hate dealing with needle bearings. thanks
Pull it out towards the rotor side. And te cushion lever is actually quite simple.
The axle is easy. Getting tha old bearings out of the carrier may take a little time. That's about the hardest part.
When you go to put the new bearings in the carrier, clean the carrier of all grease, then clean it Thoroughly in warm soapy water and dry it off. Put the new bearings in the freezer for a couple hours. Heat the oven up to 200ish and put the carrier in it. Warm it up for 20 mins or so, remove it and put a thin layer of anti seize on the places the bearings will seat.
Take the bearings out of the freezer and they should push in with minimal effort.
Thanks for the tips on bearings....any advise with the needle bearings in the cushion lever. When I get it apart and begin to put it back together I envision having to grease the inner bearing surface and hand place all those little needles in and hope they stay put, I have fat fumble fingers so it will be fun.....same for the swingarm....is there a better way? I sure hope so.
I actually have never redone the needle bearings in the rear linkage on a zilla before. I have only owned mine for about 6 monthes. When I have dealt with needle bearings, I did just like you said, put a lil grease in there to hold em in place and be patient.
I dont have fat fumble fingers, but I sometimes have drunken fumble fingers, and I usually get the needles in place first try.
Something that would be cool is if we could find replacement needle bearings that have a cage, similar to a wrist pin bearing. Just need to measure them up and do some homework. Think no more searching for lost needles rolling around the shop floor!
Be carefull on the cushion bearings there is a lip on one side.......found out the hard way when I was pressing mine out for replacement.
I actually ended up ordering the original cushion lever bearing tools from Alpha Sports in Maine. They were a little pricey but having the right tool for the job made it very easy to press the old bearings out and the new bearings in. I don't intend to ever sell my LT so I figured I might as well just buy them. It looked like you could find lots of original tools on their website, just get the tool numbers out of your owners manual.