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95formula847:
Well I had the top end off of my KX5 and decided to do some cleaning up which led to this:



So, after disassembling things I found a few issues.

-Shock bottom bearing/bushing half missing causing a lot of play
-The bottom steering stem race has chatter marks/water marks
-Suspension linkage has play

I got on Motosport.com to order new Pivot Works bearing kits and after these three kits:

-Steering Stem
-Shock
-Shock linkage
-Swing arm

The total cost is $240! Is that a good price for bearings/seals/bushings?

The paint shop at my work is going to paint the frame and wheels for me while its apart.

Rd:
Are you going to paint the wheels?  Most people complain about powdercoating chipping off the rims. I would think paint would be worse. I powdercoated my hubs, but since my bike is apart I have no idea how they will hold up. That sounds about right for the bearings.

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95formula847:
I had a shop paint wheels on my KX125 years ago black with a good clear and nothing ever happened with them. They looked good. powedercoating is out of the budget especially since I am doing the jfab decomp mod, new plastics, and all new bearings.

I may just try to polish the wheels up. We'll see

Goat:
If you use a good automotive paint with the proper prep work it should last a long time. I've painted rims with tractor paint as well. It doesn't have as nice a finish as automotive but it's cheap and tough as nails.

Your bearing prices are about average. I'm sure if you dug around you may find some cheaper but it depends how much time you want to spend looking for parts rather than putting it back together. Just don't go with cheap no name brands. They rarely last as long as spending the extra for name brand. In the end you'll end up spending more than you would have in the first place.

95formula847:
Ill probably go ahead and spend the 240 clams on all new bearings/bushings/seals and be done. They will last me as long as I have the bike anyways so I guess its not that much cash.

As for prep work, the frame is geting sandblasted to bare metal and then the paint shop is gonna cr prime it and base then clear it.

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