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GT750/GT550/T500 bronze swingarm bushing options
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2017 12:30 pm
by jabcb
There are some old posts about the PartsNMore bronze swingarm bushing not fitting. The ID is OK, but the OD is too big.
viewtopic.php?p=98233
http://www.partsnmore.com/parts/suzuki/ ... y]=chassis
OldBikeBarn also sells them:
http://www.oldbikebarn.com/suzuki-72-77 ... g-set.html
As does DiabloCycle:
http://www.diablocycle.com/Suzuki-Swing ... ronze.html
Does anyone know if any of these options currently fit without modification?
Re: GT750/GT550/T500 bronze swingarm bushing options
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2017 1:59 pm
by sportston
No idea, but i would be interested to know as I might need to convert mine one day
Re: GT750/GT550/T500 bronze swingarm bushing options
Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2017 4:16 pm
by jabcb
HVCcycle sells bronze bushings for Yamahas & Kawasakis, but not Suzuki.
They have a warning: “The Bushings must be pressed into the swingarm. If the Bushings are struck with a hammer or pounded in the Bushings will be damaged”
That might be the issue with the Suzuki bushings I found — they might need pressed in.
I ordered the stock Suzuki bushings & will use those unless I have a solution for bronze bushings that don’t need pressed in.
Re: GT750/GT550/T500 bronze swingarm bushing options
Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2017 8:25 pm
by jabcb
Found a bit more info from the OldJapaneseBikes website:
http://www.oldjapanesebikes.com/1973_GT750/page-3
Properly sized bronze bushings are available from The Kettle Club in the UK & Reiner in Germany.
http://www.thekettleclub.com/regalia/
email:
GTReiner1@aol.com
Suzuki switched to needle roller bearings on the GS bikes.
A conversion for the two strokes is described here:
http://www.pinkpossum.com/GT750/phattra ... winger.htm
Per an old forum post, Pedro used to sell phosphor bronze bushings that he made himself.
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=512&p=110446&hilit= ... ze#p110446