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#1 PostAuthor: sme » Mon Aug 13, 2012 3:54 pm

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can anyone confirm this is the gpz1100 rear shock linkages?

where can i get a replacement with nuts and bolts?
as there is too much play in them
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#2 PostAuthor: z1bman » Mon Aug 13, 2012 3:58 pm

you should still be able to buy the parts from a Kawasaki dealer needle roller bearings are pressed into the linkage with seals at each side
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#3 PostAuthor: sme » Mon Aug 13, 2012 4:43 pm

any idea of costs?

and what size should the bolts that pass through be?
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#4 PostAuthor: Ginger Bear » Mon Aug 13, 2012 5:06 pm

Now THIS is a knackered one!

I replaced all the bearings & seals. Supplied by www.simplybearings.co.uk

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#5 PostAuthor: sme » Mon Aug 13, 2012 5:46 pm

what type of bearing unit is best used, as have looked on that website
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#6 PostAuthor: Ginger Bear » Tue Aug 14, 2012 5:59 am

I found you can buy bearings with seals already fitted to one or both ends, or you can buy the seals separately, as originally fitted by Kawasaki. Either option will work.
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#7 PostAuthor: jimmock » Tue Aug 14, 2012 7:04 am

Ginger Bear wrote:Now THIS is a knackered one!

I replaced all the bearings & seals. Supplied by www.simplybearings.co.uk

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What sort of maintenance regime do you operate????
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