T500 top yoke bushes

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PaulD738
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T500 top yoke bushes

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The metalastic bushes in the top yoke of my bike are very soft and sloppy (there you go Alan an open goal for you)
As they are a bastard size I can’t find them anywhere and Suzuki bless em sell the yoke complete with bushes so they won’t supply them. The od of the originals are 23mm and the nearest I can find is 25mm so I bought two and attempted to turn the outer sleeve to the correct diameter. This was a mistake as the sleeve was only 1mm wall thickness, I managed to turn it off and then reduce the rubber diameter by 2mm. I then turned a sleeve up to the right size and after liberally coating the rubber with thick super glue I pressed the two pieces together. Fingers crossed I’ve sorted it. The photo shows the old bush on the right and the new one left.
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Re: T500 top yoke bushes

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and where did you get the bushes from?
would it be easier to open the hole on the yoke?
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The bushes are from AJS who supply spares for old Brit bikes. They are swing arm bushes for summat? Which seems odd to me but what do I know?
They are 25mm o/d (1 inch in old money)
I was going to bore the yoke out but some kind person gave me my boring head broken and I ain’t got round to repairing it yet :oops:
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Sloppy? Hmmmm. :roll:
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If I wanted to make a life-long career out of
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have opened a Harley Davidson Dealership
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Re: T500 top yoke bushes

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Seen those John but the I/d is only 10mm. The handlebar clamps have a 12mm stem.
Thanks anyway 8-)
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