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Maintenance & Technical => KX500 Original => Topic started by: k5for-life on December 11, 2008, 10:14:13 AM

Title: need help
Post by: k5for-life on December 11, 2008, 10:14:13 AM
i have a 91 k5 and it has a shatered rear hub i found a rear wheel off of a 87 KX250 does anyone know if it will fit
Title: Re: need help
Post by: KX500freak on December 11, 2008, 10:29:54 AM
nope ,

you got to have 88 hub or up till 93  :roll:
axles /disc mount /calipermount/ it,s al diffferent from 87 k5 comp.to 88 k5
Title: Re: need help
Post by: jfabmotorsports.com on December 11, 2008, 03:07:02 PM
I have an entire 1988 KX500 rolling chassis. :-D   
Title: Re: need help
Post by: Johnniespeed on December 12, 2008, 12:47:28 AM
The rear hub can have either two or three wheel bearings. The other guys on this site can tell you what years have each. My 04 KX500 has three wheel bearings in the rear hub.  Before spending any money, it would be a good thing to know which you need.
 John
Title: Re: need help
Post by: KX500freak on December 16, 2008, 08:37:58 AM


i have a 91 k5 and it has a shatered rear hub i found a rear wheel off of a 87 KX250 does anyone know if it will fit


and  :? did the TS happen to find this info satisfying?

if so it would be nice to get some feedback from the TS :mrgreen:
Title: Re: need help
Post by: k5for-life on December 16, 2008, 09:24:32 AM


i have a 91 k5 and it has a shatered rear hub i found a rear wheel off of a 87 KX250 does anyone know if it will fit


and  :? did the TS happen to find this info satisfying?

if so it would be nice to get some feedback from the TS :mrgreen:
yea i am buying a 88 k5 rear wheel off of jfab
Title: Re: need help
Post by: KX500freak on December 16, 2008, 09:26:45 AM
good !
thanks for letting me/us know  :-)
hope you,ll ride soon again
Title: Re: need help
Post by: k5for-life on December 16, 2008, 09:38:34 AM
good !
thanks for letting me/us know  :-)
hope you,ll ride soon again
cant wait we have 6 inchs of snow and -25 so i wont ride fer a few months
Title: Re: need help
Post by: KX500freak on December 16, 2008, 09:51:13 AM
ouch  :|

-25  :-o :-o

i,ve  once felt -22 here in holland ...nuf said brrrrrr
but we have a zero degree here now ,and climbing to 9 C this oncoming weekend
then when its dry ,i get to ride my k5streetard soon  :-P