Hello Cush Drive, my old friend.
 

So, I got a mate of mine to change my tires lately.

I'd just had my 6,000 mile service at a Yamaha dealer...

When we took the back wheel off, the rubbers were totally perished and there was cruddy rubber bits inside the hub, so I phoned the dealer.

He said
I opted to do them myself, since I was fitting a new exhaust and rear brake pads anyway.

Cleaned out the hub as best I could (will have a proper clean at some point if anyone can recommend me something to get rid of baked on rubber??!)

Popped the new rubbers in, put it all back together.

400 miles later...

Well now the movement between sprocket and hub is like a prick in a bucket.
I've got nearly a centimetre of play!!

Grabbed a bit of an old inner tube, packed it out as per instructions today.
Will let you know how it feels now, off to Scotland tomorrow!

Just a bit pissed off that this is a known problem and the new rubbers seem to make it worse!


LOOOOVE this bike, but there are a few little annoyances.

Wow!! I am on my third XTX and this one is at 22000 kms and I have never changed and cush drives. Is it your 18 inch wheels and off road tyres I wonder....

Cush Drive
 

Simon - from all accounts, you are the lucky one! Or a magician with your throttle control? :winner:

Mine were shot, with a centremetre of play when I bought the bike (XTR) at 4,000klm. I packed them out with an inner tube, per the recommendation from this site, and 25,000klm later there is still no play. Happy days!

:signthankspin:

:eek2: That has got to be some sort of record Simon!

Or he has the ultimate throttle and clutch control....:041:

Changed mine last week with 9000 miles on clock, runs sweet as a nut now. Lovin It!

Just replaced mine for the second time at 14,000 miles.

So here we are, 500 miles after I packed them out with inner tube, and I'm getting that awful snag-pull again.

Pretty sure my chain is adjusted correctly, though it's difficult to check with this bike. Always seems too loose to me.

Anyway, when I get to Edinburgh, I'll open it up and put another layer of inner tube in.

Hopefully, that should sort it out.

Next step will be a D.I.D chain and sprocket set...
More money spent!

Ahh!

Are you confident the sprocket carrier bearing isn't knackered? The previous owner may have ridden a considerable distance on sloppy cush rubbers, which will have put extra strain on the bearing.

I made a set out of 95A urethane... done maybe 10,000k
on them still tight as when I put them in...
I got a strip of 75X20 sheet off E-bay..Cut them to shape
with a hack saw..
I made them very tight..I thought I was not going to get
them in... enough pushing & rubber grease and they went
in ,in the end...