{"id":83125,"date":"2007-11-13T17:05:19","date_gmt":"2007-11-13T08:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=83125"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:41:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:41:02","slug":"oil-cooled-chassis-maintenance-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20071113\/everyday-events\/oil-cooled-chassis-maintenance-campaign","title":{"rendered":"Oil-Cooled Chassis Maintenance Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"decob-3139532434\" class=\"decob- decob-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/advertise\" aria-label=\"ad_sample_1456_180_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png 1456w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-300x37.png 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-1024x127.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-768x95.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\" width=\"812\" height=\"100\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_52072647_0.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This time it&#8217;s the frame.<br \/>\nLately I&#8217;ve been thinking about wheel bearings and swingarm and linkage bearings.<br \/>\nWheel bearings tend to be overlooked\u2014you&#8217;d notice if they don&#8217;t move or feel stiff\u2014<br \/>\nbut increased play is easy to miss.<br \/>\nWheel bearings that fall apart from grease starvation are less common these days, but bearings with lots of play<br \/>\nare surprisingly common, so it&#8217;s something to watch out for.<br \/>\nThen there&#8217;s damage to the bearings and sleeves around the swingarm and linkage.<br \/>\nSometimes when you remove one for some reason, the grease is mixed with rust and brown, and the sleeve has roller marks on it&#8230;<br \/>\nThe swingarm and linkage don&#8217;t move much\u2014they just keep going back and forth in the same spot\u2014so the same area<br \/>\nstarts to wear.<br \/>\nI usually don&#8217;t bother taking photos of this area, but it can get pretty rough&#8230; (I&#8217;ll take some next time.)<br \/>\nWhen a new bike is delivered, the grease is really minimal, so you want to oil deep into the bearings.<br \/>\nAnd if you tighten it so it moves smoothly up and down with no play side to side, it&#8217;ll be in excellent condition \u2605<br \/>\n\u3010Work Included\u3011<br \/>\nFront wheel bearing replacement (upgraded to dual-seal type) \u00d7 2<br \/>\nRear wheel bearing replacement (upgraded to dual-seal type) \u00d7 3<br \/>\nRear wheel damper replacement (Suzuki OEM)<br \/>\nWheel oil seal replacement (Suzuki OEM)<br \/>\nSwingarm bearing replacement (Suzuki OEM) \u00d7 4<br \/>\nLinkage bearing replacement (Suzuki OEM) \u00d7 4<br \/>\nChain buffer (slider) replacement (Suzuki OEM)<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s what it includes. If you&#8217;ve ridden over 20,000 kilometers and never had these checked, I&#8217;d definitely recommend having them inspected.<br \/>\n\u2605 Flat-rate price \u00a552,500 \u2605<br \/>\nCompatible models: GSF1200 &#038; 750 \/ Bandit 1200 and others&#8230;<br \/>\nTo apply or inquire, contact *** \u2605<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This time it&#8217;s the frame. Lately I&#8217;ve been thinking about wheel bearings and swingarm and linkage bearings. Wheel bearings tend to be overlooked\u2014you&#8217;d notice if they don&#8217;t move or feel stiff\u2014 but increased play is easy to miss. Wheel bearings that fall apart from grease starvation are less common these days, but bearings with lots of play are surprisingly common, so it&#8217;s something to watch out for. Then there&#8217;s damage to the bearings and sleeves around the swingarm and linkage. Sometimes when you remove one for some reason, the grease is mixed with rust and brown, and the sleeve has roller marks on it&#8230; The swingarm and linkage don&#8217;t move [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83124,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pochipp_cv_data":"","swell_btn_cv_data":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1924],"tags":[55],"class_list":["post-83125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-everyday-events","tag-old-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}