1988 FZR400 Fork Bushes

[Shepsi777]

Hey, im quite new to this, anyway without further adoo,

Ive just bought a yamaha fzr 400 and having taken the front forks apart & ordering parts (oil seals, dust caps etc.) i seem to be missing the inner tube bush that slides over the bottom of it.
i got all the other parts from a yamaha dealer & they couldnt find the part that i was talking about, i have got the guide bush which sits under the oil seal washer in the bottom fork.

anyway just wondering if anyone had a clue about where i could get the bush for the inner tube from, ive put this pic in to show where the part isnt listed to give anyone a better idea, thanks.[/img]

[taggy]

fowlers in bristol should be able to get them, they'll want your frame number before they sell you anything, so be prepared!
not sure about wemoto.

[Shepsi777]

yeah tried wemoto but no luck there but ill geve fowlers a go, thanks for the help

[yamaha_george]

Shep,
Help out this old memory of mine please.
The part you indicate is/was white nylon/teflon/some kinda plastic ring with split in it that funs at an angle rather than straight across the width?
OR
a dull grey metal ring, again it is Split?


I remember back in the VERY late 80's I was tasked with rebuilding a crashed front end and this ring was in about 5 pieces Talking to Yamaha Tech people at South American regional Yamaha HQ I got sorry these are "mated" items for the fork leg, the problem was the fork leg from Japan HQ did not come with one.

The end of the tale is I had to make a pair from scratch via trial & error to get the slide fit so there was "support" and the least amount of "stiction" I seem to remember it was just about 3 thou but I could be way off since my memory is not backed up by any notes of the work done at the time

[Shepsi777]

hey george, yeah its the grey coloured metal one with the split down the middle which wears to a copper colour on the inside when theyre used.
If the case is that i cant get them from yamaha i could see whether honda have anything close as ive got a cbf 500 & theyre exactly the same fork make up but i just need to match the diameters then

[Shepsi777]

Just found out that the inner tube/stansion bush comes with a new tube when you order one and isnt a seperate part, which is quite ridiculous!

Currently looking in to engineering firms & teflon re-coats